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^  And  app'ied  to  the 

Chriftian     State    and    Worship, 

WITH        THE 

PREF.4C  E.  or,  An  Enquiry  i-nto  the  right 
way  oftrtn  .g  the  Book  of  Psalm:  tor  Chrif- 
tian worihip,   ai:u    NOTE  S. 

By     I.      Watts,     D.  D, 


The    T  w  e  :>:  t  y  -  s  7  x  t  h  Edition, 


LuKe  xxiv.  44.  All  thin ;:   m*flh*  f»l$  Wfrj    vri'tet 

in       -  ;.•.«  Pfoiaa    (i  erffXMg  «**, 

Heb.  x„  32.--— Da  -'-»  "er-  *c.---T/".:? 


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M  DCC  LXVill, 


i  m  i 

THE 


PREFACE 


OK 

An  Enquiry  into  the  right  way  of  fi tting 

the   Book  of  Psalms  for  Chriitiaia 
Worihip. 

THOUGH  the  Tfalms  of  David  are  a  work 
of  admirable  an  J  divine  compofurejtho' 
they  contain  the  nobleft  fentiments  of  piety, 
and  breathe  a  molt  exalted  fpirit  of  devotion  ; 
yet  when  the  belt  of  Chrittiars  attempt  tofing 
many  of  them  ia  our  common  trnHilation^thut 
fpirit  of  demotion  vanifhes,  and  is  loir,  tha 
^iaim  dies  upon  their  lips,  and  they  feci  leaice 
any  thing  of  the  holy  pleafare. 

If  I  were  to  render  the  reafons  of  it,  J  would 
give  ihii  for  one  of  the  chief,  viz.  That  the 
Royal  P/afmrfl  hereexpreffe^  his  own  coBccriiSj 
in  words  exactly  iuited  to  his  own  thoughts,  a- 
greeable  to  his  own  perfonal  chrarcler,  ami  in 
the  language  of  his  own  religion  :  this  keeps 
all  the  fprings  of  pious  pafiion  awake,  when  e- 
xery  line  and  Syllable  ib  nearly  affects  hinifelf ; 
this  naturally  raifesin  a  devout  mind,  a  n\cre 
lively  and  transporting  worihip.  But  when  we 
who  are  Chriitians  itng  the  fame  lines  we  ex* 
prefs  nothing  but  the  character,  the  concerns, 
and  the  religion  of  the  Jewijh  King.  While 
our  own  circamitances,  and  our  o»vn  religion, 
(which  are  fo  widely  different  from  his)  have 
A  2 


v.  PREFACE. 

he  inipired  words  ofjcr'/plure,  Chita  lie  bath  of- 
ten done,  in  order  to  iuit  Ids  thoughts  to  the 
{late  and  worflifp *df"  Chrillia /;//».  This  I  eKcem 
his  peculiar  Excellency  in  thole  Pfafrns  where- 
in he  has  praftiied  it  :  This  I  have  made  mj 
chief  care  and  bniiuefs  in  every  Pfalm,  and 
have  attempted  at  leaf!  to  execeed  him  in  this 
as  well  as  in  the  art  of*  verle,  and  yet  I  have 
often  kept  nearer  to    the  text. 

But,  after  all',  tins  good  man  hath  fuffered 
himfelf  To  far  to  he  carried  away  by  cuitcm, 
as  to  make  all  the  other  perfbnal  characters 
and  circumitances  of  David  appear  icrong  and 
plain,  except  thai'  of.  a  Jew;  and  many  of 
them  he  has  reprefented  in  ftronger  and  plain- 
er terms  than  the  oiiginal.  This  will  appear 
to  any  one  that  compares  thefe  following 
texts  in  Dr.  Pairi:k  with  the  Bible,  viz.  Pfal, 
iv.  2.  and  ix.  4,  5.  and  xviii.  43.  and  li.  4. 
and  Ix.  6;  7.  and  ci.  1.  and  cxli.  6,  andcxhii, 
3.  and  feveral  others  :  So  that  it  is  hard  to 
find,  even  in  this  verfion,  fix  or- eight  iianza's 
together  in  any  pfalm  (that  has  pergonal  or 
national  affairs  in  it)  lb  tit  to  be  aflumed  by 
a  vulgar  Chriflrian*  or  Co  proper  to  be  fung  by 
a  whole  congregation.  This  renders  the  due 
performance  of  pfalmody  every  where  diffi- 
cult to  him  that  appoints  the  verfes  :  But  it  is 
extremely  troublefome  in  thofe  affemblies 
where  the  pfalm  is  fung  without  reading  it 
line  by  line,  which  )  et  is.  beyond  all  exception, 
the  tiueit  and  the  bed  method:  For  in  this, 
•way  of  tinging  there  can  be  no  omiffion  of  a 
verfe,  thongh.it  be  never  Co  improper  ;  but 
the  whole  church  mult  run  down  to  the  next 
divifion  of  the  pfaim,  and  rmg  all  that  comes 
next  to  their  lips,  till  the  clerk  puts  them  to 
filence.     Or,  to  axrucdy   this  inconvenience. 


PREFACE.  *H 

if  a  wife  fnr»n  lead?  the  Cong,  he  dwells  always 
upon  the  four  or  rive  and  twenty  pieces  qf 
fome  ielecr  pfalms,  though  the  whole  hundred 
and  fifty  lie  before  htm  ;  and  he  is  forced  to 
run  that,  narrow  round  iriii,  tor  want  of 
larger  provision  nuked  to  our  pick  lit  circum- 
fiances. 

I  might  here  al^o  remark,  to  what  a  hard 
fhift  the  mini  Iter  is  put  to  find  proper  hymns 
at  the  celebration  oj  the  Lord's  Supper,  where 
the  people  will  filfg  nothing  but  cut  of  David's 
p(a] m -book  :  How  perpetually  do  they  repeat 
fome  part  of  the  xxiiid  or  the  cxviiith  piairu  > 
And  confine  all  the  glorious  joy  and  melody 
of  that  otdinance  to  a  few  ocicure  lines,  be- 
caufe  the  translators  have  not  indulged  an 
evangelical  turn  to  the  words  of  David  r  no 
not  in  thole  very  places  where  the  Jevqjh  P/al* 
mifl  feems  to  mean  the  goiptl  j  but  a?>  excel- 
lent a  poet  as  he  was*,  he  was  not  able  to  (peak 
it  plain,  by  reafon  of  the  infancy  of  that  dil- 
penfation,  and  longs  for  the  aid  of  a  LhriLian 
writer.  Though,  to  fpeak  my  own  fenie  free- 
ly, I  do  net  think  David  ever  wrote  a  piaim  of 
fufficient  gfory  and  iweetnefs,  to  reprefent 
the  blerlings  of  this  holy  inihtuuon  of  drift, 
even  though  it  were  explained  by  a  copious 
commentator  ;  therefore  it  is  my  opinion, 
that  other  Spiritual  Sivgs  would  ioroetimes  be 
ufed  to  render  Chrijiian  Pfahncdy  complete, 
But  this  is  ttot  my  prefent  bn£inei'sr  and  I  have 
written  on  this  fubject  eliewhere. 

To  proceed  to  the  fecond  part  of  my  pre- 
face,  which  is  to  mew,  how  ihfufpcitnt  a  JlricJ 
tranftation  of  the  pfalms  is  tQ  attain  the.  dcfigned 
end. 

There  are  feveral  fongs  of  this  Royal  Authw 
that  feem  improper   for   any  perfen   belides 


viii  PREFACE. 

himfeK;  To  that  I  cannot  believe  that  th~ 
lohoU  book  of Pfalihs  (even  in  the  original)  was 
appointed  by  God  for  the  ordinary  and  con- 
ftant  word.*  p  of  the  Jewijh  Sanctuary  or  the  Sy- 
nagogues,  though  feveral  of  them  might  be 
often  fang  ;  much  lefs  are  they  all  proper  fcr 
a  Chriftian  Church  :  Yet  the  way  of  a  clofe 
tranllatlon  of  this  whole  book  of  HelrcxPfui?/:^, 
for  Englifh  and  Chrsflian  Pfaimody ,has  general- 
ly obtained  among-  us 

Some  pretend,  ft  is   but   a  jufl  refpeft  for    the 
Hcly  Scriptures  ;   for  they  have  imbibed  a  fond 
opinion  from  their   very  childhood,    that   no- 
thing is  to  be  fung  at  church  but   the  iulpired 
writings,  how    different   foever    tiie    1 
from  our  pre  lent  ifcate.      But  this  opinion    1 
been  taken  upon  truft,  by  the  moll  part  of  its 
advocates,  and  borrowed  chief:  y    from  educ 
tion,  cuftom,    and    the   authority   of  utters  ; 
which,  if  duly  examined,  will  appear  to  ha 
been  built  upon  too  flight  and  feeble  founda- 
tions ;   the  weaknefs  of  it  I  mall  ihew  more  at 
large  in  another  place  :   But  it  appears  or  jt- 
felf  more  eminently  incontinent  in  thole  per- 
■  fons    that  fcr u pie  to -addrefs  God   in    prole    in 
any  preeompofed  forms  whatsoever;  and  they 
give  this  reafon,  becaufe  they  cannot  be  fitted 
to  all  our    preterit    occauons  ;   and  yet  in  verfe 
they  confine   their   addrefles  to  i^\\  form* 
were  fitted  chief' v   for  Jvwifb  worfnippers,  and 
for  the  fpecial    cccafions   of  David  the  King. 

Others  maintain,  that  a  Ariel    and    fcr 
lous  confinement  to  the  fenfe  cl  the    o. 
is    nccsffary    to   do  jujiicc  to    tht    R^ 
but  iu    my    judgment,  the    Royal    Author 
jnoft  honoured  when  he  is  made   moll    intelli- 
gible ;   and   when  -his    admirable    compofures 
are  copied  in    f\>ch   language,    as   givss  ii^ 


PREFACE.  ix 

and  joy  to  the  faints  that  live  two  thoufand 
years  after  him  r  Whereas  inch  a  mere  tranf- 
lation  of  all  his  verfe  into  Engftjhx  to  be  fetsg 
in  our  worihip,  Teems  to  darken  our  religion, 
by  running  back  again  to  J  idai/h,  it  damps 
our  delight,  and  almoit  forbids  the  Chrikian 
Worjh'ipptr  to  purfne  the  fbn£.  How  can  we 
affume  to  ourielves  ail  his  words  in  our  per- 
ibnal  or  poblic  addreffes  to  God,  when  our 
condition  of  life,  our  time,  place,  and  reli- 
gion, are  (b  vaftiy  different  iiotn  thole  of 
David  ? 

I  grant  it  is  necc  ffary  and  proper,  that  in 
tranilating;  every  part  of  fcripture  for  our 
reading  or  hearing,  the  fenfe  of  the  original 
Ihoofd  be  exactly  and  faithfully  reprelented  ; 
for  there  we  learn  what  God  fays  to  vjs  in  hi* 
Trord.  Bat  in  finging*  for  the  moit  part,  the 
cafe  is  altered  :  For  as  the  £>reatett  number  of 
the  pfalms  are  devotional,  and  there  the  l'iai- 
mifts  exprefs  their  own  perfbual  or  national 
concerns  ,  fb  we  are  taught  by  their  example, 
■what  is  the  chief  defign  of  Plahnodv,  viz. 
that  we  (hotild  reprtient  our  own  ihnie  oC 
things  in  iinging.ar.d  ackireis  cnritlves  toGod, 
exrpreffing  our  own  c  te  ;  therefore  the  words 
ihould  he  fo  far  adapted  to  the  general  itate 
of  the  worfhippei  s,  as  that  we  might  feldom 
fing  thofe  expreifions  in  which  we  have  no 
concern  r  Or  at  leaH:  our  tranflators  of  the 
Plaints  fiioujd  obierve  this  rule,  that  when  the 
pecuiir  circumltauces  of  ancient  faints  are 
formed  imo  a  foD^r,  for  our  preienl  and  puh- 
lie  n4e„  tlrev  fhoifid  be  related,  rather  in  an 
hiftoricaf  manner  3  and  not  retain  the  pergo- 
nal pronouns  /  and  IV  ,  where  the  tranfaeti- 
ens  cannot  belong  to  anv  of  us,  wr  be  appli- 
cd  to  our  ptrfons,  ch  arches,  or  nation. 


x  PREFACE. 

MoCes^  Deborah,  and  the  Prince  of  tfrofit  , 
David,  Afabh,  <uifl  Habakkuky  a  id  all  the  faints 
under  the  Jewijh  (hue,  i'uio  their  own  joys 
an  I  victories,  their  own  hopes  and  fears,  and 
deliverances,  as  I  hinted  before  ;  and  why 
nmit  we,  under  th~  go  {pel.  Gag  nothing  eiic 
bnr  th"  joys,  hopes,  and  fears  of  dfaph  and 
David  P  vVhy  mult  Chriftians  be  forbid  all  other 
melody,  but  what  aiif^s  from  the  victories  and 
deliverances  of  the  Jews  P  David  would  have 
thought  it  very  hard  to  hive  been  confined  to 
the  words  of  Mofes,  and  fung  nothing  eiie  on 
all  his  rejoiciuof  d^vs,  but  the  drowning  of  Pha- 
raoh in  the  Fifteenth  of  Exodus.  He  might  have 
fuppofed  it  a  little  unreafbnable,  when  he  had 
peculiar  occafions  of  mournful  mufic,  if  he 
had  Seen  forced  to  keep  clofe  to  Mofes* s  prayer 
In  the  Nineteenth  Pfahn,  and  always  fung  c*er 
tiie  fhortnefs  of  human  life,  efpeci»Ily,  if  we 
were  not  permitted  the  liberty  ofapuraphrafe: 
i^nd  yet  the  fpecial  concerns  of  David  and  Mo* 
fes  were  much  more  akin  to  each  other,  than, 
ours  are  to  either  of  them  ;  and  they  were  both 
of  the  fame  religion,  but  ours  is  very  diiTer- 
cnt. 

It  is  true,  that  David  has  left  us  a  richer  va» 
riety  of  holy  fongs  than  all  that  went  before 
him;  but,  rich  as  it  is,  it  is  It  ill  far  fhort  of 
the  glorious  things  th  it  we  Chrijlians  have  to 
fing  before  the  I  ord.  We,  and  our  churches, 
iiave  our  own  fpecial  affairs  as  well  as  they  : 
Now,  if  by  a  little  turn  of  their  words,  or  by 
the  change  of  a  fhort  fentenee,  we  may  ex- 
prefs  our  own  meditations,  joys  and  deiires  in 
the  veife  of  thofe  ancient  Pfalmifli,  why  mould 
we  be  forbid  thisfweet  privilege  f  Why  fhould 
we  under  the  Cbki^lijtn  difpenfation  be  tied  up 
to  forms  more  than  the  Jews  themfelr'es   were. 


PREFACE.  3d 

arte?  fuch  as  are  much  more  improper  for  our 
.age  and  Mate  roo  ?  Let  ns  remember,  thr.t  the 
very  power  of  jifigitog  was  given  to  human  a- 
ture  chiefly  for  this  purpoie,  that  our  own 
warmeft  affections  of  foul  might  break  one  in- 
to natutal  or  divine  melody,  and  that  tfie 
tongue  of  the  worfhipper  might  exprefs  his 
own  heart. 

I  ronfefs  it  is  not  unlaw  Ail,  nor  abfurd  for 
a  perfon  of  knowledge  and  fkill  in  divine 
things,  to  fing  any  part  of  the  Jtwtfh  P/aim 
Book,  and  ronlider  it  merely  as  the  H'ord  cf 
God  \  from  which,  by  wile  meditation,  he 
may  draw  fome  pious  inferences  for  his  own 
ufe  :  For  i attraction  is  allowed  to  be  one  end 
of  Hfalmody.  But  where  the  words  are  ob- 
fcure  Hebraifms,  or  where  the  poet  perforates 
a  Jew  a  Soldier,  or  a  King,  fpeaking  to  himlelf, 
or  to  God,  this  mode  o\  infirui'tion  in  a  feiig 
feems  not  fo  natuial  or  eafy  even  to  tbe  molt 
/kilful  Chrittian,  and  it  is  almofl  impractica- 
ble to  the  greated  paitof  Mankind.  And 
both  the  wife  and  the  weak  mui:  conlefs  this, 
that  it  does  by  no  means  raife  their  own  dt\  ..- 
tion  fb  well,  as  if  they  were  {peaking  in  tl.iir 
own  peifbns,  and  ex  pr effing  their  own  feuU  . 
Befides  that,  the  weaker  Chiiltian  is  read)  .o 
chime  in  with  woids  he  (ings,  and  ufe  ti  era 
as  his  own,  though  they  aie  never  fo  foreign 
to  his  purpofe. 

Now  though  it  cannot  be,  that  a  large  bi  ok 
of  lively  devotions  fliould  be  fo  tram'd,  <<;  to 
have  every  Irne  perfectly  fuittd  to  all4*  the 
circumttanccs  of  every  worfhipper  ;  but,  .  ur 
the  writer's  utmott  care,  there  will  ftil  be 
room  for  Chrittan  wifdom  to  exercift  the 
thoughts  aright  in  ringing  when  the  w  ords 
Jeem  improper  to   our   particular  caie  ;  yet, 


xVi  PREFACE. 

as  far  a^poffible,  every  difficulty  of  this  kind 
ftr>uid  be  removed,  and  fuch  fentences  (hould 
Ly  no  means  be  cholen,  which  can  fcarce  be 
ufed,  in  their  proper  fenfe,  by  any  that  are 
|i  relent. 

I  could  never  perfuade  myfelf,  that  the  be  'I 
way  to  raife  a  devout  frame  in  plain  Chrijiians, 
was  to  bring  a  King)  or  a  Captain  into  their 
churches,  and  let  him  lead  and  dictate  the 
worfhip  in  his  own  ftyle  of  royalty,  or  in  the 
language  of  a  field  of  batile.  Does  every 
menial  iervant  in  the  affembly  know  how  to 
life  thefe  words  devoutly  ?  viz.  When  I  receive 
the  congregation,  1  will  judge  uprightly  ;  Pial,  Ixx*. 

2.  A bow  of  jieel  is  broken    by  mine    ar?ns. As 

foon  as  they  hear  of  me ,  they  fhali  obey  me  i  I'lal. 
xviii.  34,  44.  Would  I  encourage  a  parifi.- 
clerk  to  Hand  up  in  the  midft  of  a  country  - 
church,  and  bid  all  the  people  join  with  his 
words,  and  lav.  I  will  praife  thee  upon  a  I' fa!- 
tery  ;  or  1  will  open  my  dark  faying  upon  the  Harp  : 
When  even  our  Cathedrals  ling  only  to  the 
found  of  an  organ,  mofr  of  the  meanner 
churches  cau  have  no  mufic  but  the  voice, 
and  others  will  have  none  beudes  f  Why  then 
mult  all  who  will  nng  a  Pfalra  at  church,  ule 
fuch  words,  as  if  they  were  to  play  upon 
Harp  and  l}faltery,  when  thoufands  never  » 
law  fuch  an  inftrumeut,  and  know  nothing  of 
the  art. 

You  will  tell  me,  perhaps,  that  when  yon  take 
thrfe  expreuious  npou  your  lips  you  mean  only 
That  you  will  worfhip  God  according  to  his  appoint- 
ment now,  even  as  David  worfhipped  him  in  his 
day,  according  to  Cod's  appointment  then.  But 
why  will  ye  confine  yourfelves  to  fpeak  one 
thing,  and  mean  another  f  Why  muft  we  be  1 
bound  up  to  fault   words,  as  can  never  be  ad- 


PREFACE.  xiii 

drefled  to  God  in  their  own  fenfe  ?  And  fince 
the  heai  t  of  a  Chrirlian  cannot  join  herein 
with  his  lips,  why  may  not  his  lips  be  led  to 
fpeak  his  heart  .?  Experience  itfelf  has  often 
fhewn,  that  it  interrupts  the  holy  melody, 
and  fpoiis  the  devotion  of  many  alincere  good 
man  or  woman,  when  in  the  mid  ft  cf*  the 
fono-,  fame  fpeeches  of  David  have  been  alrnoit 
impofcd  upon  their  tongues,  where  he  re- 
lates his  own  troubles,  his  banithmeilt,  or 
peculiar  -deliverances  ;  where  he  fpeaks  like 
a  Jewifii  Prime,  a  Mufician,  er  a  prophet  ; 
vv  where  the  feme  is  fb  oh  (cure,  that  it  can- 
not be  underitood  without  a  learned  com- 
mentator. 

Here  1  may  with  courage  acdrefs  rnyfelf  to 
the  heart  and  confcience  of  many  piou5  and 
obferving  Chrijtians,  and  afk  them,  whether 
they  have  not  found  a  mcit  divine  pleaiiire  in 
fiuging,  when  the  words  of  the  Pfalm  have 
happily  expreifed  their  frame  of  foul  ?  Have 
you  not  felt  a  new  joy  fpring  within  you,  w:\en 
vou  could  {peak  your  own  defires  and  hopes, 
your  own  faith,  love,  and  zeal  in  the  language 
of  the  holy  Pialmili  i1  Have  not  your  fpirits  ta- 
ken wing,  and  mounted  up  near  toGod  and  glo- 
ry, with  the  long  of  David  on  your  tongue  ? 
But  on  a  fudden  the  clerk  has  propofed  the 
next  line  to  your  lips  with  dark  fayings  and 
prophecies,  with  burnt* offerings  or  hyflop, 
with  new-moons  and  trumpets,  and  timbrels 
in  it,  with  ctrifejjim  of  fins  which  you  never 
committed,  with  complaints  of  for  rows  which 
you  never  felt,  cnrfingfuch  enemies  as  you  ne- 
ver had,  giving  thanks  for  fid:  vifiories  as  you 
never  obtained,  or  leading  you  to  ipeak  in 
your  own  pcrfons,  of  things,  places  and  acti- 
ons, that  you  never  knew.  And  how  have  all 
B 


xiv  P  R  E  P  A  C  E. 

your  fouls  been  difcompofed  at  once,  and  the 
firings  of  harmony  all  untuned  !  You  could 
not  proceed  in  the  fong  with  your  hearts,  and 
your  lips  have  funk  their  joy,  and  faultered 
in  the  tune  ;  you  have  been  baulked  and  a- 
lhamed,  and  knew  not  whether  it  were  belt  to 
be  file nt,  or  to  follow  on  with  the  clerk  and 
the  multitude,  and  ling  with  cold  devotion, 
and  perhaps  in  darknefs  too,  without  thought 
or  meaning* 

Let  it  be  replied  here,  that  to  prevent  this 
inconvenience,  Juch  pfahns  or  fentences  may  be 
always  omitted  by  him  that  leads  the  fong%  or  may 
have  a  mare  ujeful  turn  given  in  the  mind  of  thofe  * 
that  fuig.  Butlanfiuer,  fince  fuch  pfahns  or 
fentences  are  not  to  be  fang,  they  ?na\  be  as  well 
omitted  by  the  tran/Iator,  or  may  have  a  more 
ufeful  turn  given  in  the  verfe,  than  is  poffible 
for  all  the  lingers  to  give  on  a  fudden  in  their 
minds.     And  this  is  all  that  I  contend  for. 

I  come  therefore  to  the  third  thing  I  propof- 
cd,  and  that  is  to  explain  my  own  defign, 
which  in  (hort  is  this  ;  viz,  to  accommodate  the 
Book  of  Pfa/?ns  to  Chriflian  icorjkip.  And  in  or- 
der to  this,  it  is  neceflary  to  divefl  David  and 
Afaphy  &c.  of  every  other  character  but  that 
of  a  Pfalmift  and  a  Saint,  and  to  make  them  at- 
ways  /peal  the  common  fenfe  of  a  Chriflian, 

Attempting  the  work  with  this  view,  I  have 
entirely  omitted  fome  whole  Pfalms,  and 
large  pieces  of  many  others  ;  and  have  cho- 
fen,  out  of  all  of  them,  fuch  parts  only,  as 
might  eafily  and  naturally  be  accommodated 
to  the  various  cccafions  of  the  Chriftian  life, 
cr  at  lealt  might  affoid  us  fome  beautiful  al- 
lufiph  to  Chrillian  affairs.  Thefe  I  have  copi. 
ed  and  explained  in  the  general  ftyle  of  the 
golpel ;  nor  have  i    confined    my    expreffions 


PREFACE.  xv 

to  any  particular  party  or  opinion  ;  that  in 
words,  prepared  for  public  worfhip,  and 
foi  the  lips  of  multitudes,  there  might  llot  De 
a  ry liable  offeniiveto  fincere  Chriitiatis,  whole 
judgments  may  differ  hi  the  leffei  matters  of 
religion, 

Where  the  Pfalmiil  ufes  fharp  invectives  a- 
gainir  his  perfonal  enemies,  I  have  endeavour- 
ed to  turn  the  edge  of  them  againil   our    fpi- 
ritual    adverfaries,     ///;    fat  an     and    temptation, 
Wnere  the  flights  of  his  faith  and  love  are  iu~ 
blime,  I     have     often    funk     the    expreffions 
within  the    reach    of  an    ordinary    Chriitian. 
Where  the  words  imply  fome   peculiar    wants 
or  diltrefles,    joys    or    bleffings,  I    have    ufbct 
words  of  greater  latitude    and    compreher.n- 
oiij  luited  to  the  general  circumftances  of  men. 
\Vhere  the  original  runs  in  the  form  of  a  pro- 
phecy concerning  Chri'r  and   his    falvation,  I 
have  given   an    hiftorical   turn  to    the   lenie. 
There  is  no   neceffity  that    we    mould    always 
fiug  in  the  obfcure  and  doubtful  It  vie  of  pie- 
diction,  when  the  things  foretold  are  brought 
into    open    light    by    a    full    accomplishment. 
Where  the  writers  of  the  New  Teftament  have 
cited  or  alluded  ro  any  part    of  the    Pfalms,  I 
have  often  indulged  the  liberty  of  paraphrafe, 
according  to' the  words  of  Chrift,   or  his  Apof- 
tles.     And  furely  this    may    be    ef teemed    the 
word  of  Cod  Rill,  though  borrowed  from  ieve- 
ral  parts  of  the    holy    fcripture.      Where    the 
Pfalmift  defcribes  religion  by  the  fear  cfCed,  I 
have  often  joined  faith  and  hve  to  it.      Where 
he  (peaks  of  the  pardon    of  fin,  through    tie 
mercy  of  Cod,  I  have  added   the  blood  or  in 
of  a  Saviour  :  Where  he  talks  of  facrincing  g< .    s 
or  bullocks,   I  rather  chuie  to   mention    the      i- 
crifice   of  Chrijl,  the    lamb    of  Cod.      When  he 
B    2 


xvi  P  R  E  F  A  C  E. 

arteritis  the  ark  with  /hooting  into  Z/0»,  I  fino- 
the  afcejifion  of  my  Saviour  into  heaven ,  or  his 
pre  fence  in  his  Church  on  earth  ;  wliere  he  pro- 
ruifes  abundance  of  wealth  honour  and  long 
life,  I  have  changed  Tome  of  thefe  t\pical  blef- 
fings  for  grace,  glory  and  life  eternal,  which 
arc  brought  to  light  by  the  gofpel,  and  pro- 
mifed  in  the  New  Teftaraent  :  And  I  am  ful- 
ly fatisfied,  that  more  honour  is  done  to  otir 
blefled  Saviour,  by  {peaking  his  name,  his  grac- 
es, and  actions,  in  his  own  language,  accord- 
ing to  <he  brighter  difcoveries  he  hath  r.ow 
made,  than  by  going  back  again  to  the  Jew* 
t/b  forms  of  worfhip,  and  the  language  of 
types  and  6gor.es. 

All  men  will  confefs  this  is  jufi  and  ne- 
ceffary  in  preaching  and  praying  ,  unci  I  can- 
not find  a  re  a  foil  why  we  mould  not  ring 
praifes  alfo  in  a  manner  agreeable  to  the  pre- 
sent and  more  glorious  difpenfation.  I\o  man 
can  be  perfuaded,  that  to  read  a  fcrmon  of  the 
roval  preacher  out  of  the  book  of  Ecclefiafiesy 
or  a  prayer  out  of  Ezra  or  Daniel,  is  io  edifv- 
in&*  to  a  ChrUtian  church  (though  they  were 
infpired).  as  a  well  compoftd  prayer  or  ferm on 
delivered  in  the  ufual  language  of  the  gofpel 
of  Chrijr,  And  why  mould  the  very  words  of 
the  fweet-fmger  of  ffraelbe  eileemed  fo  ne- 
ceffary  to  Ctiriftiaii  pfalmody,  and  the  Jev/ijh 
Jryle  io  much  preferable  to  the  evangelical,  in 
our  religious  fongs  of  praife  ? 

Now  iince  it  appears  ib  plain,  that  the  //>- 
brew  Pjaitir  is  very  improper  to  be  the  precife 
matter  and  ityle  of  our  longs  in  a  Cbrijiian 
church  ;  and  fince  there  is  very  good  reafon  to 
|>elieve  that  it  is  left  us,  not  only  as  a  mod 
valuable  part  of  the  word  of  God,  for  our 
faith  and  practice,   but   as  an   admirable    and 


PREFACE.  xvii 

divine  pattern  of  fpiritual  fongs  and  hymns 
under  the  gofpel  ;  I  have  choien  rather  to 
imitate,  than  to  tr  an  fate  ;  and  thus  to  compofe 
a  ffalm  book  for  Chrijiians,  after  the  manner 
of  the  Jewijh  Pfaltsr. 

If  I  could  be'perfuaded  that  nothing  ought 
to  be  fung  in  worfhip,  but  what  was,  of  im- 
mediate inspiration  from  God,  furely  I  would 
recommend  anthems  only  ;  viz*  the  pfalms 
them  lei  ves,  as  we  read  them  in  the  Bible,  let 
to  muiic  as  they  are  fung  by  ehorifters  in  our 
cathedral  churches  ;  for  theie  are  neareft  to 
the  words  of  inspiration  ;  and  we  mull  depart 
far  from  thofe  words,  it  we  turn  them  into 
rhyme  and  metre  or  any  fort.  And  upon  the 
foot  of  this  argument,  even  The  Scotch  Verfion, 
which  has  been  fo  much  commended  for  its 
approach  to  the  original,  would  be  unlawful 
as  well  as  ot tiers. 

But  fince  I  believe  that  any  divine  (inttac€\ 
or  CJtriftlan-verfe.)  ag-eeabie  to  lcripture,  may- 
be fungj  though  it  be  compoied  by  men  unin- 
sured ;  I  have  nor  been  fo  curious  and  exact 
in  driving  every  where  to  exprefs  the  antient 
lenfe  and  meaning  of  David ;  but  have  rather 
expreiftd  mvfelf,  as  I  may  iuppofe  David 
would  have  done,  had  he  lived  in  the  davs  of 
ianitg.  And  by  this  means,  perhaps,  I 
have  foinedmes, hit  upow  the  true  intent  of 
the  1  pi  lit  of  God  in  thole  rerles,  farther  and 
clearer  than  David  himielf  could  ever  difcover 
as  St.  Peter  encourages  me  to  hope,  I  Pet.  i. 
II,  12.  where  he  acknowledges  that  the  an- 
cient prophets,  who  foretold  of  the  grace  that' 
Jhould  come  to  us,  were  ip  fbme  meafure  igno- 
rant of  this  great  falva.ion  ;  for  though  they 
tefiified  oj  the.  fuffe  rings  of  Chrijl  and  his  glory, 
jet  thev  wc-reiciced  ro  rearer*  and. en 


xviii  P  R  E  F  A  C   E. 

the  meaning  of  what  they  fpake  and  wrott. 
In  i'vjveral  ot'ier  places  I  hope  my  reader  will 
find  a  natural  expofition  of  m  iny  a  dark  and 
doubtful  text,  and  forae  new  beauties  and 
connections  of  thought  discovered  in  the 

>et,  though  not  in  the  laiy^uage  of  a 
In  ail  places  I  have  kept  my  grand    deflg 
view,  and  that  is,    to   teach    ?ny    author  ts  /peak 
Korwiiv  Jhould  1  now  adclreis 
God  my  Saviour  in    a  Co    .  •  burnt -fa:  ■; 

of '  fat  lings ,  and  with  the  incenfe  of  rams  P  Whv 
ihould  I  pray  to  be    fprinkied  w:th  or  re- 

cur to    the   blood     r  its  >    Why 

Ihould  I  bind  my  Jacrifice  with  cords  to  the  her ns 
f>f  an  altar,  or  ling  the  praites  of*  God  to    high 

:  !g  cymbals,  when  the  gofpel  hasfhtwn 
me  a  nobler  atonement  or  fin,  and  apj  ointed 
a  purer  and  mere  fpirrtu  tl  worlhip  }.  VY  hy  irult 
J  join  with  David  in  his  leg A  or  prophetic 
language,  to  curie  mv  enemies,  when  my 
Saviour,  in  his  fermoni,  has  tauglit  me  to  love 
and  bleis  them  ?  Way  may  not  a  Chnj.ian  o- 
mit  all  thofe  paffages  of  the  jewijh  pialmill, 
that  tend  to  fill  the  mind  with  overwhelming 
forrows,  defpai ring  thoughts,  or  bitter  perio- 
ral rrftnl  *aents,  none  of  winch  are  well  fuit- 
ed  to  the  Ipirit  of  Christianity,  which  is  a 
difpenfatioi  or  hope,  and  joy,  and  love  f 
VVhat  need  is  there  that  I  Ihould  wrap  up  the 
mining  honours  jf  my  redeemer  in  the  dark 
and  fliadowy  language  of  a  religion  that  is 
now     for    c-vii  Qied  ;     efpecially    when 

Cr.riftiaus  are  Co  vehemently  warned,  in  the 
epirlles  of  St.  Panl,  againll  a  jiiaaiz;ng-fpu  it, 
in  their  vorfhip  as  well  as  doctrine  i 
what  fault  can  their  be  in  enlaiging  a  lutle 
0*1  the  m^re  ufe.ui  lubje&s  in  the  Ityle  of  the 
gotpel,  where  the  pfaLn  gives   any    occafjon, 


PREFACE.  xix 

fince  the  whole  religion  of  the  Jews\s  cenlbred 
often  in  the  New  Teltamcnt  as  a  defective 
and    imperfect  thing  ? 

Though  I  have  aimed  to   provide  for    a  va- 
riety  of  affairs  in    the  Lift,    by    the 

different  metres,  fara$hrapssy  and  divifiotn  of" 
the  pfaims,  (of  which  J  ihall  here  fpeak  par- 
ticularly ;)  yet,  after  all,  there  are  a  great 
many  circumtlances  that  attend  common  Ghri* 
/Hans,  which  cannot  be  agreeably  exprefledby 
any  paraphraie  on  tlie  words  of  David;  and 
for  thele  I  have  endeavoured  to  provide  in 
my  book  of  hymns,  that  Cirri  (Hans  might  have 
fomething  to  ling  in  divine  worfiaip,  anfwer- 
able  to  moft,  or  all  their  occafions.  In  the 
freface  to  that  book  I  have  (hewn  the  infuffi- 
ciency  of  the  common  veiiions  of  the  pfaims^ 
and  given  further  reafons  for  my  prefent  at- 
tempt. 

I  am  not  fo  vain  as  to  e.xpeiTt,  tliat  the  few 
fhort  hints  I  have  mentioned  in  that  preface,  or 
in  this,  mould  be  fufficient  to  juflify  my  per- 
formance in  the  judgment  of  all  men,  nor  to 
convince  and  fatisfy  thole  Vvho  have  long 
maintained  different  fentiments.  All  the 
favour  therefore  that  I  defire  of  my  readers, 
is  this,  that  they  would  not  cenfure  this  work 
till  they  have  read  my  Difcourfe  of  Ff,. 
which  I  hope  will  (hortly  be  publiQicd  ;  but 
let  them  read  it  with  ferious  attention,  and 
bring  with  them  a  generous  and  Gncere  fool, 
ready  to  be  convinced,  and  to  receive  truth 
wherefoever  it  can  be  found.  In  that  treatife 
I  have  given  a  laroe  and  particular  account 
how  the  pfaims  of  JtivzJJj  compofure  ought  to 
be  tranilated  foi  Chrijlian  worfhip,  andjuitified 
the  rules  1  lay  down  by   iuch  reafons,  as  feera 


xx  PREFACE. 

to  carry  in  them  moil  plentiful  evidence,  and 
a  fair  conviction. 

If  I  might  pre  in  me  fo  miuh,  I  would  in- 
treat  them  alio  to- forget  their  younger  pre- 
judices for  a  feafon,  io  far  as  to  make  a  few 
experiments  of  thefe  fbngs  ;  and  try  whe- 
ther they  are  not  ibi ted,  through  divine  grace, 
to  kindle  in  them  a  rire  of  zeal  and  love,  and 
to  exalt  the  willing  foul  to  an  evangelic  tem- 
per  oi  joy  and  praife.  And  if  they  ihall  find 
by  fweet  expeg  lence,  any  devout  affections 
raiied,  and  a  holy  frame  of  mind  awakened 
within  them  by  thefe  attempts  of  Chrri: 
pjaimifiry  ;  I  perfuade  myfelf,  that  i  ihall  re- 
ceive their  thanks,  and  be  arliiled  by  their 
prayers  towards  the  recovery  of  rny  health, 
and  my  public  labours  in  the  church  of  Chri/t. 
Whatsoever  (en ti men ts  they  had  formerly  en- 
tertained, yet  lu*ely  they  will  not  fuller  their 
old  and  doubtful  opinions  to  prevail  again  It 
their  own  inward  fenfations  of  piety  and  re- 
ligious joy. 

Before  I  conclude,.  1  mult  add  a  few  tilings 
concerning  my  divilion  of  the  pfalms,  and  my 
manner  of  verifying. 

Of  the   Divifnn   of  m  Pfa/ms. 

In  many  of  thefe  ficred  longs  it  is  evident, 
that  the  pfalmilt  had  fevera1  diltinci  cafts  in 
view  at  the  fame  time  :  As pfetm  lxy,  tlie  firlt 
four  or  five  verfes  dtfcribe  the  iemfiJe  zccrthip- 
c.f  prayer  and  praife  ;  the  following  verier  re- 
preient  the  providence  of  God 'in  ike  fca/ani 
the  year.  So  in  pfalm  Ixviii.  rhe  nrlt  hx  ver- 
fes  declare  the  ;«..■;' cflj  a *d  ?:;ercy  of  Cod  ;  ami 
from  the  7th  veri:  to  the  16th,  Ifrael  is  brought 
from  Egypt  to  f*x  divine  worfhip  at  Jeru(ale?n. 
The  17th  and  iSth  are  a  prophecy   of  the   af- 


P  R  £  E  A  C  E.  xxi 

cenfion  nf '  Cfaijh  Verfe  24,  tc.  defcribcs  a 
religious  proieifioriy  kc.  The  like  may  be  oh- 
ferved  in  many  other  pfalms,  especially  fuch 
as  represent  fome  complicated  fonows,  or 
joys  of  the  pfalmift.  Now  it  is  not  to  be  fup- 
pofed  that  Chriitians  mould  have  all  the  fame 
diftincl  occafion  of  meditation,  complaint,  or 
praife,  much  lefs  all  at  the  fame  time  to  be 
mentioned  before  God  ;  theieforel  have  di- 
vided many  pfalms  into  feveral  parts,  and  dif- 
pofed  them  into  diftinct  Hymns  en  thofe  vari- 
ous fubjeels,  that  may  be  proper  matter  for 
CkritWan  PJalmody. 

Befides,  that  exceffive  long  tone  of  voice, 
that  ftre*ches  out  every  Syllable  in  our  public 
fingi  lg,  allows  us  neither  time  nor  fpirits  to 
fitig  above  fix  or  eight  Stanza's  at  once,  and 
fometimes  we  make  ufe  of  but  three  or  four  : 
Therefore  I  have  reduced  a  I  mo  ft  all  the  work 
into  Hymns  of  fuch  a  length,  as  may  fuit  the 
ufual  cuflom  of  the  churches  ;  that  they  may 
rsot  Mug  -broken  fragments  of  fenfe,  as  is  too 
often  done,  and  fpoil  the  beauty  of  this  wor- 
ship; but  may  finifh  a  whole  ibno;  and  fub- 
ject  at  once. 

For  this  end  I  have  been  forced  to  tranf- 
poi>,  or  omit,  fome  of  the  verfes  ;  and  by  this 
means  (fome  will  object)  that  [have  left  out 
fome  uiefu!  and  figmiicant  lines.  Perhaps  Co  ; 
but  if  1  had  not,  the  clerk  would  have  left 
them  out,  to  fave  the  time  for  other  parts  of 
worihip  ;  and  I  detire  but  the  fame  liberty 
which  he  has  to  chufe  which  verfes  (hall  be 
frtng.  Yet  I  think  it  will  befeklom  found  that 
1  have  omitted  any  nfeful  pfalm,  cr  verfe, 
whole  fenfe  is  not  abundantly  repeated  in  other 
parts  of  the  book  ;  and  what  1  hav«  left  out  in 
one  metre,  I  have  often  inierted   in   another* 


xxii  P  R  E  F    A  C  E. 

When  the  occaftou  or  fubjed  are  muca  the 
fame  throughout  a  long  pfalm;  I  have  either 
abridged  the  verfes,  or  divided  the  pfilm  by 
paufes  after  the  French  manner,  (where  tl?e 
&nie  would  admit  an  intei  ruction)  that  the 
worlhip  may  not  be  tireibme. 

Of  the  Verfe. 

I  rcfign  to  Sir  John  Denham  the  honour  of 
the  belt  poet,  if  he  had  given  his  genius  but 
a  juft  liberty  ;  yet  his  work  will  ever  mine 
brightest  among  ft  tbofe  that  have  confined 
themfelves  to  a  mere  tranflation.  But  that 
clofe  confinement  has  often  forbid  the  free- 
dom and  glory  of  verfe,  and  bv  cramping  his 
fenfe,  has  rendered  it  fometimes  too  obfcure 
for  a  plain  reader  and  the  public  worfhip,  even 
tho'  we  lived  in  the  days  of  David  z.r\d  Judaijht. 
Tiiefe  inconveniences  he  himfelf  fufpects,  and 
fears  in  the  preface. 

I  am  content  to  yield  to  Mr.  Milboiirn  the 
preference  of  his  poefy  in  fcveral  parts  cf  his 
pfalms,  and  to  Mr.  Tate  and  Dr.  Brady  in  fome 
of  theirs  ;  but  in  thofe  very  places  their  turns 
•f  thought  and  language  are  too  much  raifed 
above  a  vulgar  audience,  and  fit  only  for  per- 
fons  of  an  higher  education. 

I  have  not  refufi  d,  in  fome  few  pfalms,  to 
borrow  a  fiiigle  ^ine  or  two  from  thefe  three 
ahthors ;  ye  1  have  taken  the  molt  freedom' 
of  ;hat  fort  with  Dr.  Patrick,  for  his  fly!e  beft 
agrees  with  ny  defign,  tho*  his  verfe  be  gene- 
rally of  a  lower  (train.  But  where  I  have  li- 
ft d  three  or  four  liaes  together  of  any  author, 
I    i  tve  acknowledged  it  in  the  notes, 

la  ion.3  of  Lie  more  elevated  pfalms  I  have 
given  a  lutle  indulgence  to  my  genius  ;  and  if 
it  mould  appear   tnat   I  have  aimed  at  the/k- 


PREFACE  xxiii 

&/ifiie,yet  Jhave  generally  kept  within  the  reach 
of  an  unlearned  reader/  1  never  thought  the 
art  of  iublime  writing  confifted  infixing  o*it 
of  fight  ;  nor  atn  I  of  the  mind  of  the  ltalia?i. 
who  laid,  OSfcurity  begets greatnefs.  I  have  al- 
ways avoided  the  language  of  the  poets, where 
it  did  not  fuit  the  language  of  the  goipel. 

In  many  of  thele  com-pofures,  I  have  jull 
permitted  my  verfe  to  rife  above  a  flat  and  in- 
dolent ftvle  ;  yet  1  hope  it  is  everywhere  fup- 
ported  above  the  juft  contempt  of  the  critics  : 
Tho'  I  am  (enlible  that  I  have  often  fubdued 
it  below  their  eReem  ;  becaufe  I  would  nei 
ther  indulge  any  hold  metaphors,  or  admit  of 
hard  words,  nor  tempt  an  ignorant  worfhip- 
pertofing  without  his  underitanding . 

Tho'  I  have  attempted  to  imitate  the  facred 
beauties  of  my  author  in  fome  of  the  fprightly 
pfalms,  fuch  as  Pfal.  xlv.  xlvi,  xilix,  lxv,  ixxii, 
xc,  xci,  civ,  cxiv,  cxv,  cxxxix>  &c.  yet  if  my 
youthful  readers  complain,  that  they  expected 
to  find  here  more  elegant  and  beautiful  defcirp- 
tious  with  which  the  facred  original  abounds, 
let  them  confider  that  fome  of  thole  pieces  of 
deicriptive  poefy  are  the  flowery  elegancies 
peculiar  to  Eajtern  nations  and  antique  ages, 
and  are  much  too  laige  alfo  to  be  brought  in- 
to inch  (hort  Chrifliau  fonnets  as  are  ufed  in 
our  piefent  worfhip  ;  aim  oft  all  thofe  pfalms  I 
halt  contracted  and  fitted  to  more  fpiritual 
devotion,  as  Pfal.  xviii,  lxviii,  Ixxiii,  Ixxviii, 
cv,  cvi,  cix,    ire. 

Of  the  Metre  and  Rhyme. 

I  have  formed  my  verfe  in  the  three  viofl  ufe- 
ful  metres  to  which  our  Pfalm-tunes  are  fitted 
viz*  the  common  metre,,  the  metre  of  the  old 
xxvth   pfalm,  which    I    call  Jhort  metre,   and 


xxiv.  P  R  E  F  A  C  E. 

that  of  the   old    c,    pfilin,    which    I    call  hng 

metre*  R-  (ides  thefe,  I  have  done  fome  new 
pfalms  in  ftanza's  ofiix,  eight,  or  twelve  lines, 

to  tlie  beft  of  the  old  tunes.  Many  of  (hem 
I  have  alio  caft  into  two  or  three  metres,  not 
by  leaving  out  or  adding  two  f\  tyables  ill  a 
line,  whereby  others  have  cramped  or  ft  ret 'h- 
ed  their  verfe  to  the  deft  ruction  o^'all  pot  fv  ; 
but  I  have  made  an  intire  new  fong,  and  of- 
tentimes, in  th~  different  metres,  1  have  in- 
dulged thofe  different  fenfes,  in  which  com- 
men  tat  or  s  have  explained  the  infpired  author. 
And  if  in  one  metre  I  have  given  the  loofe  to 
a  paraphrafe,  I  have  confined  niy'elf  to  my 
text  in  the  other. 

If  I  am  charged  by  the  critics  for  repeat- 
ing the  fame  Rhymes  too  often,  let  them  con- 
fide;!:, that  the  words,  which  continually  recur 
in  divine  poefy,  admit  exceeding  few  Rhymes 
to  them  tit  for  facred  ufe  ;  thefe  are  God, 
world,  flefh,  foul,  life,  death,  faith,  hope  Hea- 
ven, earth,  &c.  which  J  think  will  make  fuf- 
ficient  apology  ;  efpecially  fince  i  have  coup- 
led all  my  lines  by  Rhymes  much  more  than 
either  Mr.  Tate  or  Dr.  Patrick  have  d'ne, 
which  is  certainly  moll  mufical  and  agreeable 
to  the  ear,  where  Rhyme  is  ufed  at  all. 

I  mult  confufs  I  hdve  never  yet  feen  any 
Verfion,  or  Paraphrafe  of  the  Pfalms,  in  their 
own  Jewijb  fen  ie,fo  perfect  as  to  di  icon  rage  all 
further  attempts.  Bur  whoever  undertakes 
the  noble  work,  let  him  bring  with  him  a 
foul  devoted  to  piety,  an  exalted  Genius,  and 
withal  a  ft  odious  application*  For  David's 
harp  abhors  a  profane  finger,  and  difdains  to 
anfwer  to  an  unikiifnl  or  a  carelefs  touch.  A 
meaner  pen  may  imitate  at  a  diltancc,  but  a 
compleat   translation,   pr   a    jttft    paraphrafe, 


PREFACE,  xxv, 

<5emau<ls  a  rich  treafury  of  dicTion,  an  exalted 
fancy,  a  quick  tafte -of -devout  paffiom,  toge- 
ther with  judgement  ltri<St  and  fevere  to  re- 
trench every  luxuriant  fine,  and  to  maintain 
a  religious  fovereignty  over  the  whole  wo*  k^ 
Thus  the  Pfahnift  of  Ifrael  might  arife  in  Great 
Britain  in  all  his  Hebrew  glory,  and  entertain 
the  more  knowing  and  polite  Chrlftlans  of  our 
"acre.  But  (lill  1  am  bold  to  maintain  the 
great  principle  on  which  my  prrfent  work  is 
founded-;  and  that  is,  that  if  tl>e  brighteit 
<jenius  on  earth,  or  an  angel  from  heaven, 
fhould  tranflate  David,  and  keep  rlofe  to  the 
fenfe  and  ityle  of  the  infpired  author,  we 
ihould  only  obtain  thereby  a  bright  or  heaven- 
ly copy  of  the  devotions  oj  the  Jewlfb  King;  but 
it  could  never  make  the  £ttelt  Pfalm  book  for 
a  Lhlrfllan people. 

It  was  not  my  defign  to  exalt  myfelf  to  the 
rank  and  glory  of  poets  ;  but  I  was  ambitions 
to  be  a  fervant  to  the  churches,  and  ahelper  to 
the  joy  of  tl>e  meanelt  Chriitian.  Though 
there  are  many  gone  before  me,  who  have 
taught  the  Hebrew  Pfalmilt  to  fpeak  ■Englijh, 
yet  I  think  I  may  affume  this  pleafure  of  being 
the  fir(l  who  hath  brought  down  the  royal  au- 
thor into  the  common  affairs  of  the  Chriftian 
life,  and  led  the  Pfalmili:  of  Ifrael  into  the 
church  of  Chrlfl ,  without  any  thing  of  a  Jew 
about  him.  And  whenfbever  there  fhall  appear 
any  Paraphrafe  of  the  both  of  Pf alms,  that  re- 
tains more  of  the  favour  of  David's  piety, 
discovers  more  of  the  ftyle  and  ipirit  of  the  gof. 
pel,  with  a  fuoerior  dignity  of  verfe,  and 
yet  the  lines  a*  eafy  and  flowing,  and  the 
fenfe  and  language  as  level  totheloweft  capa- 
city,  I  mail  congratulate  the   world,  and  con- 


xxvi.  PREFACE. 

fent  to  fay,  let  this  attempt  of  mine   be  buried  in 
filcnce. 

-  'Till  fuch  a  work  arife,  I  mull  attend  thefe 
evangelic  fbngs,  which  have  been  the  labour 
of  fo  many  years,  with  a  devout  wifc. 

May  that  God,  who  has  favoured  me  with 
life  and  capacity  to  fhiifh  this  work  for  the 
fervice  of  his  churches,  after  fo  many  years 
of  tirefome  ficknefs  and  confinement,  accept 
this  humble  offering  from  a  thankful  heart. 
May  the  Lord,  who  dwelt  of  old  amidfl  the 
praifes  of  Jfraei,  encourage  and  blefs  this  Ef- 
fay,  to  aflift  Chriftians  in  the  work  of  praife  ! 
And  may  his  churches  exalt  him  here  on  earth 
in  the  language  of  his  gofpel  and  his  grace, 
till  they  (hall  be  called  up  to  heaven  and  the 
noble  fociety  above  !  There  David  and  Afaph 
have  changed  their  antient  Ityle,  and  the  long 
of  Mofes  and  of  the  Lamh  are  one  :  there  the 
Jews  join  with  the  Nations,  to  exalt  their  God 
and  Redeemer  in  the  language  of  angels,  and 
in  the  ftrains  of  compleat  glory.     Amen. 


ADVERTISEMENT 

T  O    T   H  E 

READERS. 


*T* H E  chief  defign  of  this  work    was    tv    improve 

Plalmodv,   or  religious  Tinging,   and  to    en- 

courage  the  frequent  practice  of  it  in  public  affc??i- 

hiiety  and  private  families ,  with  more   honour  and 

de light ;  jet  the  author  hopes  ft e  reading  of  it  ?;iay 

alfo  entertain  the  parlour  and  the  clofet  -with  devout 

fleafure  and  holy  meditations,      Therejore  he  would 

requejl  his  readers ,  at  proper  Jeafons,  to  perufe  it 

through y  and  among  :  40    facred  hymns ,   they    may 

find  out  fever  al  that  fait  their  own  cafe  and  temper 

or  the  circumfi  antes  of  their  families  and  friends  ; 

they  may  teach  their  children  fuch  as  are  proper  for 

their  age,  and  by  treafuring  the?n  in  their  viemory 

they  may  be  fur  nifhed  fr  pious  retirement,   or  may 

entertain  their  friends  with  holy  melody. 

Of  chufing  or  finding  the  Pfalm. 

The  perufal  of  the  w±>ole  book  will  acquaint  er 
very  reader  with  the  author's  method,  and  by  con* 
fulting  the  index,  GrtaWe  of  contents  at  the  end, 
he  may  find  hymns  very  peoper  for  ?nany  occafens 
tf  the  ChrJftJasi  life  and  worjhip,  though  no  copy  of 
David's  Pfaher  can  provide  for  all. 

Or,  if  he  remember  the  firt  line  of  any  Pfalm, 
the  table  of  the  firft  lines  will  direfl  where  to 
find  it. 

Or  ij  any  fhall  think   it   bef:    to  fing    all   the 
Pfalms  in  order  in  churches  or  families }  it  may  be 
C  2 


PREFACE.  x-vit 

done  with  Prcft :  provided  thofe  Pfalms  be  07?>ittcd 
that  refer  to  [fecial  occurrences  of  nations,  church* 
esy  or  Jingle  Chrijii an /. 

Of    Naming  the  Pfalms. 

Let  the  number  cf  tl>e  Pfalm  he  named  Siflinft* 

ly  tcpetuer  with  the  particular  metre,  and  particu- 
lar part  rf  it  :  As  for  inllance  ;  Lcr  us  lino-  the 
33d  Pfalm,  2(1  part,  common  metre  ;  or,  let 
us  fine  the  91ft  Pfalm,  r ft  parr,  beginning-  at 
the  panfe  ;  or,  ending  at  the  panic  ;  orf\  et  u* 
lino  the  84th  Pfalm  as  the  148111  Pfalm,  Sec. 
jfnl  then  read  vver  the  fir f\  flanza  before  you  begin 
to  fingy  that  the  people  may  find  it  in  their  books,  wbe. 
ther  you  fing  vjtfhj  or  without  reading  itKt  by  line* 

Of  Dividing  the    Pfalm. 

If  the  Pfalm  be  too  long  for  the  tint',  or  cuflom 
cf  ringing,  there  are  patties  in  many  of  the?n  at 
which  you  may  properly  reft  :  Or  you  may  leave 
out  thofe  verfe\  which  are  deluded  in  chrotchets  [J 
without  difiurbing  the  f erf  :  Or  in  fome  places  you 
may  begin  to   fing  at  a  paufe. 

Do  not  always  corfine  yourfelves  to  fix  ftanza's, 
but  fing  [even  or  eight,  rather  than  confound  the 
fenfy  and  abufe  the  PfaJw  in  fo  levin  wcrfiiip. 

Of   the  Manner  of  Singing. 

It  were  to  be  wifbed  that  all  congregations  and 
private  families  would  fing  as  they  do  in  foreign 
pvotefant  countries,  without  reading  line  by  line. 
1  hough  the  anthor  has  done  what  he  could  to  make 
the  fie nfe  compleat  in  every  line  or  two,  yet  m 
inconveniences    will  always    attend  this    unhappy 


PR  EFACE  ni> 

manner  offinging  ;  but  where  it  cannot  be  altered 7 
thefe  two  things  may  give  fome  relief. 

Firil,  Let  as  many  as  ca?i  do  it  bring  Pfalm- 
Books  with  them,  and  look  on  th-c  words  while  they 
S*gj  Jo  far  as  to  make  the  Jenfe  ccmpleat.. 

Secondly,  Let  the  clerk  mad  the  whole  Pfalm 
wer  aloud  before  he  begins  to  parcel  out  the  lints y 
that  the  people  'may  have  feme  'notion  of  what  they 
fing,  and  not  be  forced  to  drag  on  heavily  through 
eight  tedious  fyllables  without  any  meaning,  tUl 
the  next  line  cames  to  give  the  fen fe  of  the?n. 

It  were  to  be  wified  alfo  that  we  might  not  dwell 
f>  long  upon  every  /ingle  note,  and  produce  the  fyl- 
lables to  fuch  a  iirefome  extent  with  a  confia?:t  u- 
ni fortuity  of  time  ;  which  dif graces  the  vrafic,  and 
puts  the  congregation  quite  out  of  breath  in  finging 
five  or  fix  flanza's  ;  Whereas  if  the-  metliod  of 
iiaging  were  but  t  eformed  to  a  greater  fpeed  in 
pronunciation,  we  might  often  enjoy  the  pleafure  of 
a  longer  Pfalm  with  lefs  expence  of  time  and  breathy 
and  our  Pfahuody  would  be  more  agreeable  to  that 
of  the  ancient  churches,  more  intelligible  to  others^ 
and  more  delightful  to  turf  clues. 

The  various  Meafure  of  the  Verfes  are  fit- 
ted   to   the   Tunes    of    the    Clcl     Ps-al.m- 

Bocs. 

To  ^f  Common  Tunes  fing  all  entitled  Com* 
mon  Metre. 

To  the  Tunes  of  the  iooth  Pfalm  fing  alien- 
titled  Long  me'.re. 

To  the  Tune  of  the  25th  Pialrn  fing  Short 
Metre. 

To  the    50th    Pfalm  fing  *7ie  tnejre  of  the  JQih>, 


xxx  PREFACE. 

To  th  1 12th  or  127th   Pfahn  fing  one   Metre   of 

the  104th  and  148th. 
To  the  imh  PTaliii  fing  one    Metre  of  the  19th, 

33d,    58th,    89th,    /aft   Part,    96th,    i  1 2th, 

To  the  I22d   Piaim  fing  one   of  the  Metres  of  the 

9$d,   I22d,  and  1  ^^J. 
To  the  148th  Pfalm  fing  one   Metre  of  the  84th, 

I2lil,   136th,  and  148th. 
To  a  New  Tune  fing   one  Metre  of  the    50th, 

and  115th. 

Dec.  rft.niB. 


1 


THE 

PSALMS  of   DAVID 

Imitated  in  the 

L     A     N     G     U     A     G     E 

•of     the 

New    Testament* 


Psalm  I.     Common  Metre. 

The    Way     and  E?id   of  the    Righteous    a?id   the 
Wicked. 

1.  "JTy  LEST  is  the  man  who  fhuns  the  place, 

|j  where  finners  love  to  meet  ; 
Who  fears  to  tread  their  wicked  ways, 
and  hates   the  fcoffer's  feat. 

2.  But  in  the  itatutes    of  the  Lord 
has  plac'd    his  chief  delight  ; 

By  day  he  reads  or  hears  the  word, 
and  meditates  by  night. 

3.  [He  like  a  plant  of  gen'rous  kind 
by  living  w7aters  fet, 

Safe  from  the    florms  and  blaiUng  wpd> 
enjovs  a  peaceful  ftate.J 
C 


2  P    S    A    L    M       i. 

4.  Green  as  the  leaf,  and  ever  fair 
fhall  his  profeflion  fhine  : 

While  fruits  of  holiuefs  appear, 
like  clufters  on  the  vine. 

5.  Not  fo   the  impious  and  unjnll  ; 
what  vain  defigns  they  form  ! 

Their  hopes  are  blown  away  like  d  uil, 
or  chaff  before  the  ilorm. 

6.  Sinners  in  judgement  fhall  not  Hand 
among  ft  fehe  fons  of  grace  ;     f 

When  Chrift  the  judge  at  his  right-hand 
appoints  his  faints  a  place. 

7.  His  eye  beholds  the  path   they  tread, 

his  heart  approves  it  well  ; 
But  crooked  ways  of  finners  lead 

down  to  the  gates  of  hell. 

In  this  Work  I  have  often  borrowed  a  line  or  two  from  the 
Niiu  TeJUmtnt ;  that  the  excellent  and  infpired  compofures  of 
the  Jewifb  pfalmilr.  may  be  brightened  by  the  clearer  difcoveries 
•f  the  gofpel. 

Stanza  6.  He  fhall  fit  his.fteep  at  his  right-hand,  &c.  Matth. 
xxv.  35. 

Psalm     I.     Short  Metre. 

The  Saint  happy ,  the  Signer  miferable.. 

I.  rpHE  man  is  ever  bleft 

X      who  fhuns  the  finner's  ways, 
Among  their  counfels  never  Hands, 
Nor  takes  the  (corner's  place. 

a    But  makes  the  law  of  God 
his  ihidy  and  delight, 
Ad  mid  the  labours  of  the  day, 
and  watches  of  the  night. 

3    He  like  a  tree  fhall  thrive, 
with  waters  near  the  root : 


P    S     A     L    M       *.  3 

Frefli  as  the  leaf   [Lis  name  fh ail  live, 
his  works  are  heavily  fruit. 

4.  Not  fc  tV  rnrrodV  race, 
they  no  ftlch  hleiTinjrs  find  : 

Their  hopes  fnall  flee  like  empty  chaff 
before  the  driving  wind. 

5.  How  will  they  bear  to  {land 
before  that  judoement-feat, 

Where  all  the  faints  at  thrift's  right* hand 
in  full   affembly  meet  f 

6.  He  knows  and  he  approves 
the  way  the  right'ous  go, 

But  finners  and  their  works  (hall  meet  J 
a  dreadful  overthrow. 

Psalm     I.     Long  Metre. 

The   Difference    between    the    Righteous  aud  the 
Wicked. 

I.  TTAPPY  the  man,  whofe  cautious  feet 

X  X.  Shun  the  broad  way  that    finners  gA, 
Who  hates  the  place  where  atheifls  meet, 
And  fears  to  talk  as  feoff ers  do. 

2-  He  loves   t'employ  his  morning  light 
Amongit  the  itatutes  of  the  Lord  ; 
And  fpends  the  wakeful  hours  of  night, 
With  pleafure  pond'ring  o'er  the  Word. 

3.  He,  li^e  a  plant  by  gentle  dreams, 
Shall  flourifh  in  immortal  green  ; 
And  Heav'n  will  fhine  with  kindeft  beams 
On  ev'ry  work  his  hands  begin. 

A*  But  finners  find  their  counfels  crofl  j 
As  chaff  before  the  tempeft  flies, 
So  (hall  their  hopes  be  blown  and  loft, 
When  thelait  trumpet  fhake*  the  ikies. 


A 


4  P  s  a   l   m     i,   ii. 

5.  In  vain  the  rebels  leek  to  Hand 
In  judgement  with  the  pious  race  ; 
The  dreadful  judge  with  (tern  command 
Divides  them  to  a  different  place. 

6.  "  Strait  is  the  way  my  faints  have  trod, 
<(  I  bleft  the  path,  and  drew  it  plain  ; 

*'  But  you  would  chuie  the  crooked  road, 
"  And  down  it  leads  to  endlefs  pain." 

Stan.  1.  line  2.  andSf.a*-.  6  .  /  4.  Broad  is  the   way   that  leads 
to  deftrucction,     Matt,  vii.  13,  14. 

Stan.  4  I.  4,   At  the    Jaft    trump.    &c.  1  Cor.  xv-  52. 

Psalm.     II     Short  Metre. 

Tranftated    according   to  the  divine  pattern. 
AB.  iv.  24,  &c. 

1  Chrijl    Dying,    Rifmg,    biterceeding,  a?id  Reign- 

i"g- 

I.     [A   TAKER'and  fov'reign  Lord 

IVjL   of  Heav'n,  and  earth,  and  Teas, 
Thy  providence  confirms  thy  word, 
and  anfwers  thy  decrees. 

2..  The  things  fo  long  foretold 
by  David  are  fulfill'd, 
When  Jews  and  Ge fifties  join'd  to  flay 
Jefus>  thine  holy  child.] 

3.  Why  did  the  Gentiles  rage, 
and  Jews  with  one  accord 

Bend  ail  their  counfels  to  deilroy 
th1  anointed  of  the  Lord  ? 

4.  Rulers  and  kings  agree 
to  form  a  vain  defign  ■, 

Againlt  the  Lord  their  powers  unite, 
againft  his  Chrill  they  join. 


V   S    A    L    M.      11.  5 

$.  The  Lord  derides  their  rage, 
and  will  fupport  his  throne  ; 
He  that  hath  rais'd  him  from  the  dead, 
hath  own'd  him  for  his  fon. 

Pause. 

6.  Now  he's  afcended  high, 
and  afks  to  rule   the  earth  ; 

The  merit  of  his  blood  he  pleads, 
and  pleads  his  heav'nly  birth. 

7.  Ke  afks,  and  God  beftows, 
a  large  inheritance  5 

Far  as  the  world's  remotefl  ends 
his  kingdom  mail  advance, 

8.  The  nations  that  rebel  ■ 
muft  feel  his  iron  rod  ; 

He'll  vidicate  thofe  honours  well 
which  he  receiv'd  from  God. 

9.  [£e.wife,  ye    rulers,  now, 
and  worfhip  at  his  throne  ; 

With  trembling  joy,  ye  people,  bow 
to  God's  exalted  Son. 

10.  If  once  his  wrath  ariie, 
ye  perifli  on  the  place  : 

Then  blefied  is  the  foul  tliat  flies 
for  refuge  to  his  grace.] 

Stan.  1.7.  1.  Lord  thou  art  God  who  ha'l  mads  Heffocn—Whs 
iytiie  mouth  of  tlty  feroitnt  David,  halt  faid,  why  did  the  Heath- 
81c.  Acts  iv.  24.  &c. 

Stan.  •:.  J.  3.  Ti  do  what  fox  er  thy  hand  and  thy  council  deter- 
mined t)  be  dope,  &c.  Ver.  2'd.  And  ftverai  ot::er  lines  of'tJi!s 
reffi  >n  arc  evidently  borrowed  from  the  taller  difcO.eries  of  Chrij 
in  t;  e  New  Teitainent. 

$tan.  8.  Shall  rule  the  nations  wi:h  a  rod  of  iron,  ei'en  a:  I ft* 
'thed  of  my  Father.  Rev.  ii.  27. 

c  3 


A 


6  V    S     A     L     M       11. 

P  s  a  l  m     II.     Common  Metre 

1.  TT7HY  did  the  nations  join  to  flay 

VV       The  Lord's  anointed  (on  I 
Why  did  they  call  his  laws  away, 
and  tread  his  gofpel  down  }. 

2.  The  Lord  that  fits  above  the  fkies, 
derides  their  rage  below, 

He  fpeaks  with  vengeance  in  his  eves, 
and  ilrikes  their  ipirits  thro?. 

3.  "  I  call  him  my  eternal  Ton, 

"  and  raiie  him  from  the  dead  : 
"  I  make  my  holy  hill  his  throne, 
€€  and  wide  his  kingdom  fpread. 

4.  '*  Aik  me,  my  Ton,  and  then  enjoy 
"  the  utmoil  Heathen  lands: 

u  Thy  rod  of  iron  (hall  delrroy 
u  the  rebel  that  withltands.,> 

5.  Be  wife,  ye  rulers  of  the  earth, 
obey  th'  anointed  Lord  ; 

Adore  the  king  of  heav'nly  birth, 
and  tremble  at  his   word. 

6.  With  humble  love  addrefs  his  throne, 
for  if  he  frown,    ye  die  : 

Thofe  are  fecure,   and  thole  alone, 
who  on  his  grace  relv. 

P  s  a  L  M.     II.      Long  Metre. 

Chrifi's  Death,   Refurrtflion,  and  Afcenfitn. 

i.VTjHY  didthe  Jews  proclaim  their  rage  ? 
*   '      The  Rbv  ans  why  their-  (Words  employ? 
A  gain  ft  the  L^rd  their ppw'rs  engage 
His  dear  anointed  to  deftroy  \ 

2.   "  Come,  let  u*  break  his  bands,  they  fv 
"  This  man  fnall  never  give  us  laws:'1 


P    5    A    L    M       ii. 

And  thus  they  call  his  )  oke  away, 
And  nail'd  the  monarch  to  the  crois. 

3  But  God,  who  high  in  glory  reigns, 
Laughs  at  their  pride,  their  iage  controuls  } 
He'll  vex  their  hearts  with  inward  pains, 
And  fpeak  in  thunder  to  their  fouls. 

4  iC  I  will  maintain  the  King  I  made 
u  On  Z/Wj  everlaiting  hill, 

u  My  hand  (hall  bring  him  from  the  dead, 
"  And  he  fhall  ftand  your  ibv'reign  ftill." 

5.    [His  wond'rous  rifing  from  the  eaith 
Makes  his  eternal  Godhead  known  ; 
The  Lord  declares  his  heav'nlv  birth, 
"  This  day  have  I  begot  my  fon. 

(j.  "  Afcend,  my  fon,  to  my  right-hand, 
44  There  thou  (halt  afk,  and  T  bellow 
"  The  utmoit  bounds  of  heathen  lands  ; 
«  To  thee  the  Northern  iiles  (hall  bow  ."J. 

7.   But  nations  that  refifl  his  grace, 
Shall  fall  beneath  his  iron  ftroke  ; 
His  rod  fhall  crufh  his  foes  with  eafe, , 
As  potter's  earthen  work  is  broke. 

Pa   u   s  e. 

S.  Now  ye  that  (it  on  earthly  thrones, 
Be  w  lie,  and  ferve  the  Lord  the  Lamb  1 
Now  at  his  feet  fubmit  your  crowns, 
R  joice  and  tremble  at  his  name. 

9     With  humble  love  addrefs  the  Son, 
Left  he  grow  angry,  and  ye  die  ; 
His  wrath  will  burn  to  worlds  unknown, 
It  ye  provoke  his  jealoufy. 

io.    His  ftorms  fhall  dnve  you  quick  to  hell^- 
Hc  is  a  God,  and  ye  but  dull : 


5  P  s  a  i  m     ii;    iii. 

Happy  the  fouls  that  know  him  well, 
And  make  his  grace  their  only  truft. 

Stan.  5.   Declared  to  be  the  Ton  of  God  with  power  by    his  fe- 
furreefcion  from  the  dead;  Rom.  i.  4. 

Psalm    III.    Common  Metre. 

Dcubts   and   Fears  fupprefs'd ;   or,    Cod  our  De» 
fence  jrom  Sin    and  Satan. 

1   IV  If  ^  God,  how  many  are  my  fears  ! 

XYjL   how  fail  my  foes  increaie  ! 
Confpiring  my  eternal  death, 

they  break  my  prrefent  peace. 

2.  The  lying  tempter  would  perfuade 

there's  no  relief  in  Heav'n  ; 
And  all  my  fwelling  fms  appear 

too  big  to  be  forgiv'n. 

3.-  But  thou,  my  glory  and  my  flrength, 

fhalt  on  the  tempter  tread, 
Shalt  (ilence  all  my  threatening  guilt, 

and  raife  my  drooping  head. 

4.  [I  cry'd,  and  from  his  holy  hill 
he  bow'd  a  lihVning  ear  ; 

I-call'd  my  father  and  my  Gcd, 
and  he  iubdu'd  my  fear. 

5.  He  fhed  foft  (lumbers  on  mine  eyes, 
in  fpight  of  all  my  foes  ; 

I  'woke,  and  wonder'd  at  the  grace 
that  guarded  my  repofe.] 

6.  What  tho'  the  ho(ts  of  death  and  hell 
all  arm'd  againft  me  flood, 

Terrors  no  more  flia  I  ihake  m .  ftnil  j 
my  refuge  is  my  God. 

7.  Arife,  O  Lord,  fulfil  thy  grace, 
while  I  thy  glory  iing  : 


p    S    A"    L    M       111.  O 

My  God  lias  broke  the  ferpent's  teeth, 
and  death  has  loit  his  fting. 

t.  Salvation  to  the  Lord  belongs, 

his  arm  alone  can  lave  : 
Bleffings  attend  thy  people  here, 

and  reach  beyond  the  grave. 

In  this  pfalm  I  have  changed  David's  per fonal  enemies  into  the 
fpiritual  enemies  of  every  Chriftian,  (viz.)  fin,  fatan,  &c.  and 
kave  mentioned  the  ferpent,  the  tempter,  the  guilt  of  fnvand  the 
fting  of  death,  which  are  words  well  icnowui  in  the  New  Tc J I  A* 
merit. 


Psalm     III.     i,  2,  3,  4,  5,  8.    Long  Metre. 

A  Morning  Pfalm. 

1.  (^\   LORD,  how  many  are  my  foes, 
\^J      In  this  weak  ftate  of  flefh  and  blood! 

My  peace  they  daily  difcompofe, 
But  my  defence  and  hope  is- God. 

2.  Tir'd  with  the  burdens  of  the  dayP 
To  thee  I  rais'd  an  ev'ning  cry  : 
Thou  heard'it  when  I  began  to  pray, 
And  thine  almighty  help  was  nigh. 

3  .  Supported  by  thine  heav'nly  aid, 
I  laid  me  down  and  flept  fecure  ; 
Not  death  mould  make  my  heart  afraid, 
Tho*    I  mould  wake  and  rife  no  more. 

4.  But  Godfuftain'd  me  all  the  night  ; 
Salvation  doth  to  God  belong  : 
He  rais'd  my  head  to  fee  the  light, 
And  make  his  praiie  my  morning  fong. 

In  the  sd-and  4th  pfalms  there  is  a  verfe  or  two  that  mew  the 
one  to  be  writ  in  the  morning,  the  other  in  the  evening  ;  where- 
fore I  have  chofen  out  ihofe  parts  that  feem  molt  eafily  applit  able 
and  hive  turned  them  into  a  morning  and  evening  fiomj. 


J 


'O 


IO  P    S    A     L    M       IV. 

Psalm     JV.      I,  2..  3,  5,  6,  7.  Long:  Metre. 

Hearing  of  Prayer ;   or,    Cod    our    Portion  >     and 
Chr':f\  our  Hope, 
GOD    of  grace   and  right'oufnefs, 
Hear  and   attend  when  I  complain  : 

Thou' hall  enlarged  me  indiitrefs, 

Bow  down  a  gracious  ear  again. 

a.  Ye  fens  of  men,  in  vain  ye  try 
\  To  turn  my  glory  into  fhame  : 

How  long  will  {coffers  love  to  lye, 
And  dare  reproach  my  Saviour's  name  ? 

3.  Know  that  the  Lord  divides  his  faints 
From  all  the  tribes  of  men  befide  ; 

He  hears  the  cry  of  penitents 

For  the  dear  lake  of  Chrilt  that  dy'd. 

4.  When  our  obedient  hands  have  done 
A  thoufand  works  of  righteoufnefs, 
We  put  our  trull  in  God  alone, 

And    glory  in  his  pard'ning  grace, 

5.  Let  the  unthinking  many  fay, 

Who  will  be  flow  fome  earthly  good  P 

But,  Lord,    thy  light  and  love   we  pray  ;> 

Our  fouls  defire  this  heav'nly  food. 

6.  Then  fhall  my  chearful  pow'rs  rejoice, 
At  grace  and  favour  fo  divine  ; 

Nor  will  I  change  my  happy  choice 
For  all  their  corn,  and  all  their  wine. 

Though  this  pfalmmay  r.ot  dire&ly  intend  the  JltcJJlah,  yet  I 
have  taken  occalion  to  apply  foine  expreflions  in  it  to  Chrijl  and 
his  gofpel,  I  hope  with  fome  advantage,  and   without  offence. 

Psalm     IV.     3,  4,  5,  8.     Common  Metre, 

An  Evening  Pfalm. 
I .  T      O  R  D,  thou  wilt  hear  me  when  I  pray  ; 
1.  a.     I  am  for  ever  thine, 
C      2~ 


P    S     A      L     M       IV,       V.  XI 

■J  fear  before  thee  all  the  day, 
nor  would  I  dare  to  fin. 

2.   And  while  I  refl  my  weary  head 

from  cares  and  bufinefs  free, 
'Tis  fweet  converging  on  my  bed, 

with  my  own  heart  and  thee. 

-3.  I  pay  this  evening  facrifice  ; 

and  when  my  work  is  clone, 
Great  God,  my  faith  and  hope  relies 

upon  thy  grace  alone. 

4.  Thus  with  my  thoughts  composM  to  peace, 

I'll  give  mine  eyes  to  fleep  ; 
Thy  hand  in  fafety -keeps  my  days, 

and  will  my  flu  rubers  keep. 

Psalm      V. 

For  the  Lord's -Day  Mor?ihig. 

■I.  T     O  R  D,  in  the  morning  thou  (halt  hear 

1   ^      my  voice  afcending  high  : 
To  thee  will  I  direct  my  prayer, 
to  thee  lift  up  mine  eye. 

2.  Up  to  the  hills  where  Chrijl  is  gone 
to  plead  for  all  his  faints, 

Pre  fen  ting  at  his  father's  throne 
our  fbngs  and  our  complaints. 

3.  Thou  art  a  God  before  whofe  fight 
the  wicked  fhall  not  fland  ; 

Sinners  fhall  ne'er  be  thy  delight, 
nor  dwell  at  thy  right  hand. 

4.  But  to  thy  houfe  will  I  refort, 
to  tafte  thy  mercies   there  : 

I  will  frequent  thine  holy  court, 
and  worfhip  in  thy  fear. 

5.  O  may  thy  fpirit   guide  my  feet 
in  ways  of  right'oufhefs  ! 


i 


12  V    S    A    L    M       V,  VI. 

Make  every  path  of  duty  flraight, 
and  plain  before  my  face. 

Pause-. 

6.  My  watchful  enemies  combine 
to  tempt  my  feet  aftray  ; 

They  flatter    with  a  bafe  defign, 
to  make  my  foul  their  prey. 

7.  Lord,  crufh  the  ferpent  in  the  duft, 
and  all  his  plots  deftroy  ; 

While  thofe  that  in   thy  mercy  truft, 
for  ever  fhout  for  joy. 

8.  The  men  that  love  and  fear  thy  name, 
fhall  fee  their  hopes  lulfill'd  ; 

The  mighty  God  will  compafs  them 
with  favour  as  a  Ariel d. 

This  pfalm  begins  with  the  mention  of  morning  prayer,  and 
proceeds  to  the  worfhip  of  God  in  his  temple,  whLh  inclined  mc 
to  entitle  it,  for  a  Lord'j-Ddy  Morning. 

Stan.  2.  and  5.  AY  here  any  jufl  occaiion  is  g'fven  to  make 
mention  of  Cluijt,  and  the  Holy  Spirit,  I  iefufe  it  not  ;  and  I  arfi 
perfuaded  David  would  not  have  refufedit,  had  he  lived  under 
the  gofpeJ,  nor  St.  Paul,  had  he  written  a  pfalm-book. 

Psalm     VI.  Common  Metre. 
Complaint  in  Sicknsfs  ;  or,  Difeafes  healed. 

I.TTN  anger,  Lord,  rebuke  me  not, 
X     withdraw  the  dreadful  ilorra  j 

Nor  let  thy  fury  grow  fo  hot 
a  sain  ft  a  feeble  worm, 

o 

2.  My  foul's  bow'd  down  with  heavy  cares, 

my  flefh  with  pain  oppreft  ; 
My  couch  is  witnefs  to  my  tears, 

my  tears  forbid  my  reft. 

g.  Sorrow  and  pain  wear  out  my  days  j 
I  waile  the  night  with  cries, 


Psalm    vi.  13 

Connting  the  minutes  as  they  pafs, 
till  the  llow  morning  rile. 

4.  Shall  I  be  dill  tormented  more  ? 
mine  eye  confum'd  with  grief  f 

How  long,  my  God,  how  long  before 
thy  hand  afford  relief "? 

5.  He  hears  when  drift  and  afhes  (peak, 
he  pities  aJl  cur  groans  ; 

He  (ayes  us  for  his  mercy's  fake, 
and  heals  our  broken  bones. 

6.  The  virtue  of  his  fov'reign  word 
refbores  our  fainting  breath  ; 

For  lilent  graves  praife  not  the  Lord, 
nor  is  he  known  in  death. 

Vexation  by  perio  l  a 
xef>  ;    therefore  in  thi  Si  e  omitted  it  as  a  peer.: 

e  of  David's,     in  the  next   verfion  I  have  c 
\pta  tint  and 

The  5th  vctfe  or'  thj;  ^lim,  which  is  a  pie::  i  .-,    may 

fed  to  the  end,  as  a  ground  of  p: . 


P   s   a   l   m     VI.  Long  Metre. 

Temptations  in  S'tcknefs  overcome. 

i.'T      ORD,  I  can  fuffer  thy  rebukes, 

J5 j  When  thou  with  kindnefs  doit  chaitiie  ; 

Eut  thy  fierce  wrath  I  cannot  bear, 
O  let  it  net  againfl  me  rile  ! 

2.  Pity  my  languishing  eftate, 
And  eafe  the  for  rows  that  I  feel ; 

The  wounds  thine  heavy  hand  hath  made, 
O  let  thy  gentler  touches  heal  ! 

3.  See  how  I  pafs  my  weary  days 

In  fighs  and  groans  ;   and  when  'tis  night, 

My  bed  is  water'd  with  my  tears. 

My  grief  con  fumes  and  dims  my  fight, 

D 


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14  P  s   a   l   m     vi,  vii.   j 

4.  Look  how  the  pow'rs  of  nature  mourn  !     > 
How  long  almighty  God,  how  long  ? 
When  fliall  thine  hour  of  grace  return  ? 
When  (hail  I  make  thy  grace  my  fong  ? 

5.  I  feel  my  flefli  fo  near  tlie  grave, 
My  thoughts  are  tempted  to  defpair  ; 
But  graves  can  never  praife  the  Lord, 
For  all  is  dull  and  filence  there. 

6.  Depart,  ye  tempters,  from  my  foul  -% 
And  all  defpairing  thoughts  depart  ; 
My  God,   who  hears  my  humble  moan, 
Will  eafe  my  flefh,  and  cliear  my  heart. 

Part  of  the  three  firft  ftanzd's  I  have  borrowed  from  Dr  Patrick 
being  pleafed  with  the  agreeable  turn  he  gives  tm David's  fenfe. 

Psalm    VIT. 
Cod's    Care    of  his    People,    and    Puniflwient   of 
Perfecutors. 

I.  TV  yTY  trull  is  in  my  heav'nly  friend, 

JlVJl   my  hope  in  thee,  my  God  ; 
Rife,  and  my  helplefs  life  defend 
from  thofe  that  feek  my  blood. 

2.  With  infolence  and  fury  they 
my  foul  in  pieces  tear, 

As  hungry  lions  rend  the  prey" 
when  no  deliverer's  near. 

3.  If  I  had  e'er  provok'd  them  firlt, 
or  once  abus'd  my  foe, 

Then  let  him  tread  my  life  to  dufr, 
and  lay  mine  honour  low. 

4.  If  there  be  malice  hid  in  me, 
I  know  thy  piercing  eyes  ; 

I  fhould  not  dare  appeal  to  thee, 
nor  afk  my  God  to  rife. 

5.  Arife,  my  God,  lift  up  thy  hand, 
their  pride  and  pow'r  controul  ; 


P   s   a  l    :i     vn,  viii.  I  5 

^wal;e  to  judgment,  and  command 
deliv'rancc  for  my  foul. 

P     A     USE. 

6.  Let  fm-iers  and  their  wicked  rage 
be  humbled  to  the  duft  : 

Shall  not  the  God  of  truth  engage 
to  vindicate  the  jufc  ? 

7.  He  knows  the  heart,  he  tries  the  reins, 
he  will  defend  th'  upright  : 

His  iharpett  arrows  he  ordains, 
againit  the  ions  of  fpight. 

8.  For  me  their  malice  digg'd  a  pit, 
but  there  themfelves  are  caft  ; 

My  God  makes  all  their  mifchief  light 
on  their  own  heads  at  lait. 

9.  That  cruel  perfecuting  race 
mull  feel  his  dreadful  fword  ; 

Awake  my  foul,  and  praife  the  giace 
and  juitice  of  the  Lord, 

In  this  p(a!m  I  have  not  exactly  followed  every  fmgle  verfe  of  the 
pfalmift,  but  have  endavoured  to  contract  the  lubltance  of  it  into 
fewer  lines,'  yet  not  without  a  regard  to  the  literal  ienfe  and  words 
alfo,  as  will  appear  by  the  companion. 

P   s   a   l   M    VIII.  Short  metre. 

God's  Sovereignty  and  Coodnefs ;   and  Man's 
Dominion  over  the  creatures, 

1. /"A    LORD,  our  heavhily  king, 

\_s    thy  name  is  all  divine  ; 
Thy  glories  round  the  earth  are  fpread, 

and  o'er  the  heav'ns  they  mine. 

2.  When  to  thy  works  on  high 

I  raife  my  woud'ring  eyes, 
And  fee  the  moon,  compleat  in  lights 

adorn  the  darkforae  ikies* 
D   2 


i6  P  s   /.   l   m    \iiL 

3  When  I  furvcy  the  fl 

•and  all  th   ir  fhining  lorms, 
Lord,   what  is  man,  that  worthlefs  thing. 

a-kin  to  dull  and  worms  ? 

4.  Lord,  what  is  worthlefs  man, 
that  thou  (honld'ft  love  him  fo  .' 

Next  to  thine  angels  is  lie  plac'd, 
and  lord  of  all  below. 

5.  Thine  honours  crown  his  head, 
while  hearts  like  Haves  obev, 

And  birds  that  cut  the  air  with  wings, 
and  fiili  that  cleave  the  lea. 

6.  How  rich  thy  bounties  are  ! 
and  wond'rous  are  thy  wavs  : 

Ol'  dull  and  worms  thy  power  can  frame 
a.  monument  of  praife. 

7.  [Out  of  the  mouths  cf  babes 
and  fucklings  thou  canit  draw 

Surprizing  honours  to  thy  name, 
and  Itrike  the  world  with  awe. 

8*  O  Lord,  our  heavenly  king, 
thy  name  is  all  divine  ; 
Thy  glories  round  the  earth  are  fpread, 
and  o'er  the  heavens  they  thine.] 

i'he  tranfpof.  -falm  toward* 

:  en  or"  ir,  with 
i  he  o:her  par:- 

Psalm      Vill.       Common    Metie. 

ation  ;  or,    Cod 

Lord,  our  Lord,  how  wondrous  great 
is  thine  exalted  nan 
The  Glories  of  thv  heavenly  State 
let  mcu  and, babes  proclaim. 


P  S  A  L  M    viih  17 

2  When  I  behold  thy  works  on  high, 
the  moon  that  rules  the  night, 

And  ltars  that  well  adorn  the  iky, 
thcie  moving  worlds  of  light: 

3  Lo^d  what  is  man,  or  all  his  race, 
who  dwells  fo  far  below, 

That  thou  fhould'it  viiit  him  with  grace, 
and  love  his  nature  lb! 

4  That  thine  eternal  Ton  fhould  bear, 
to  tak'c  a  moi  tal  form, 

IVlade  lower  than  his  angels  are, 
to  fare  a  dying  worm? 

[5   Yet  while  he  KvM  on  earth  unknown, 
and  men  would  not  adore, 
— Th*  obedient  leas  and  times  own, 
his  godhead  and  his  power. 

6  The  waves  lav  fpread  beneath  his  feet; 
and  fi(h,  at  his  command, 

Bring  their  large  lhoals  to  Peter's  net. 
brino-  tribute  to  his  hand. 

o 

7  Thefe  lerTer  Tories  of  the  fon 
fhone  thro*  the  flelhly  cloud; 

Now  we  behold  him  on  his  throne, 
and  men  confefs  him  god.] 

8  Let  him  be  crown'd  with  majefly 
who  bow'd  his  head  to  death.; 

And  be  his  honours  founded  hi  oh, 
by  all  things  that  have  breath. 

o  Jefus,  our  Lord,  how  wond'rous  great 

is  thine  exalted  name! 
The  glories  of  thv  heav'nlv  ftate 

let  the  whole  earth  proclaim. 

rf  part  of  EhisPfalm  by  the    Apoft.'e, 
:ut  a  mere  aluiion,  >et  it  affords  grou 

it  in  this  rei  of  ft  to 


i£  Psalm     viii. 

St.  6. /.  r.  JY.fus  went  to  them  walking  on  the  fea, Mitt,  xiv.2j,. 

Line  2  He  fail  to  Simon,  Launch  out,  Sec.  and  they  enclufed  a 
great  multitude  of  fijhes,     Luke  v.  4,  6. 

Line  4.  Cajl  an  hook  and  take  up  the  fift-thou  fkalt  find  a  p'xec* 
9/  money,  &c.  Matt.  xvii.  27. 

P  s  A  l  M      VIII.   Ver.  1,   2.  Paraphrased. 
The  Firft  Part.  Long  Metre. 

The  Hoianna  of  the  Children  ;  or  Infants  praifing 
\  Cod. 

T.     \    l  mighty  ruler  of  the  fkies, 

JT JL  Thro'  the  wide  earth  thy  name  is  fpread 
And  thine  eternal  glories  rife 
O'er  all  the  heavens  thy  hands  have  made. 

2.  To  thee  the  voices  of  the  young 
A  monument  of  honour  raife  ; 

And  babes,  with  uninftrucled  tongue, 
Declare  the  wonders  of  thy  praife. 

3.  Thy  power  affiits  their  tender  age 
To  bring  proud  rebels  to  the  ground, 
To  Hill  the  bold  b-aiphemer's  rage, 
And  all  their  policies  confound. 

4.  Children  amidlt  thy  temple  throng- 
To  fee  their  great  Redeemer's  face  ; 
The  fon  of  David  ib  their  fong, 

And  young  Hofannah's  fill  the  place. 

5.  The  frowning  fcribes  and  angry  pried*. 
In  vain  their  impious  cavils  biiug  ; 
Revenge  (its  filent  in  their brea Its, 

Whilft  Jeuoijb  babes  proclaim  tiieir  king. 

The  tivo  firft  verfes  are  here  paraphrafed  and,  explained  by  ths 
hiitory  oft  he  children  crying  Hefanna  to  Chri/t  Matt,  xxi.  15*  iC ■ .. 
our  Saviour  cites  au.  applies  thofe  vrpids  of  the  P&hn'.rt 


P  s  a  L  :i      viii,  ix.  ip 

Psalm   VIII.     Ver.  3,   he.   Paraphrafed. 
The  Second  Part,     Long  Metre. 

Adam  and  Chrift,  Lords  of  the  Old  and  the  Nrj> 
ation. 

I.T     ord,  what  was  man,  when  made  at  6xi\> 

jj j    Adam  the  offspring  of  the  dull, 

That  thou  fhould'il  fet  him  and  his  race 
But  juft  below  an  angel's  place  ? 

2.  That  thou  flicrald'ft  raife  his  nature  fb, 
And  make  him  Lord  of  all  below  ; 
Make  every  bealt  and  bird  fubaiit, 

And  lay  the  fifhes  at  his  feet  \ 

3.  But  O  !   what  brighter  glories  wait 
To  crown  the  fecond  Adam**  irate  { 
What  honours  fhall  thy  fen  adorn; 
"Who  condefcended  to  be  born  I 

4.  See  him  below  his  angels  made  ; 
See  him  in  dud  amongft  the  dead, 
To  fave  a  ruin'd  world  from- fin  ; 
But  he  fhall  reign  with  pow'r  divine. 

5.  The  worM  to  come,  redeem'd  from  all 
The  miseries  that  attend  the   fall, 

New  made,  and  glorious,  fhall  fubmit 
At  our  exalted  Saviour's  feet. 

I    am    perfaaded   the  true  meaning  of  the  Apo/Me  in  citing  t&e- 
words  of  this  Pfa;m,  ar.d  applying  them  to  our  Saviour,  Heb.  v..  5, 
&c.  is  to  flie  w  that  Chrijt,  the  fecond  Aiam  muft   have    dc: 
ever  the  .  2s  Adam,  the  had   over    the  O.d, 

apd  that  he  b  truly  and  really    man,  becatfe  the  flrft  Adam  is  the 
ligare  and  type  of  him  id  this  his  domiaaa. 

Psalm   IX.     The  Fir  ft  Part, 
Wrath  and  Mercy  fr cm  fhe  Judgment  Seat. 

Ith  my  whole  J    art  I'll  raife  my  fong? 
thy  wonders  .  .   proclaim, 


■w 


20  Psalm    ix. 

Thou  fbvereign  judge  of  right  and  wrong, 
wilt  put  my  toes  to  fhame. 

2.  I'll  fing  thy  Majefty  and  grace  ; 
my  God  prepares  his  throne 

To  judge  the  world  in  rightcouihefi^ 
and  make  his  vengeance  known • 

3.  Then  fh;.ll  the  Lord  a  refuge  prove 
for  all  the  poor  oppreft  ; 

To  fave  the  people  of  his  love, 
and  give  the  weary  reft. 

4.  The  men,  that  know  thy  name  will  trull 
in  thy  abundant  grace  ; 

For  thou  hail  ne'er  foribok  the  jull, 
who  humbly  feek  thy  face. 

5.  Sing  praifes  to  the  righteous  Lord, 
who  ci weils  on  o/cz/A  hill, 

Who  executes  his  threat'ning  word, 
and  doth  Lis  grace  -fulfil.. 

Psalm   IX.   Verfe   12.   The  fee  on  d  I 

The  Wlfdovi  and  Equity  <j  1  rev:.. 

Hen  the  great  judge, fupreme  and  jull, 
(hall  once  enquire  for  blood; 
The  humble  fouls  that  mourn  in  dull, 
(hall  find  a  faithful  God. 

2.  He  from  the  dreadful  gates  of  death 
does  liis  own  children  raife  : 

In  Sion'*  gates,  with  ch earful  breath, 
they  ling  their  father's  praife. 

3.  His  foes  (hall  fall,  with  heediefi  feet, 

into  the  pit  they  made, 
And  (in tiers  perifli  in  the  net 

that  their  own  hands  had  fpread, 

4.  Thus  by  thy  judgments,  mighty  C 
are  thy  deep  cbunr  Js  known  : 


Psalm     lx3  x.  21 

When  men  of  mifcVief  are  deftroyed, 
the  fnare  mull  be  their  own. 

Pause 

5.  The  wicked  /hall  fink  down  to  hell  5 
thy  wrath  devour  the  lands, 

That  dare  forget  thee,   or  rebel 
againft  thy  known  commands. 

6.  Tho'  faints  to  fore  diftrefs  are  brought 
and  wait  and  long  complain, 

Their  cries  (hall  not  be  ftill  forgot, 
nor  (hall  their  hopes  be  vain. 

[7.  Rife,  great  Redeemer,  from  thy  feat 

to  judge  and  lave  the  poor  ; 
Let  nations  tremble  at  thy  i'eet> 

and  man  prevail  no  more. 

8.  Thy  thunder  (hall  affright  the  proud, 

and  put  their  hearts  to  pain, 
Make  'em  confefs  that  thou  art  God 

and  they  but  feeble  men.] 

Psalm     X. 

Prayers  heard,    and  faints  faved ;     or,     Pride 7 
Atheifmy  and  Opprefion  punifred. 

For  a  Humiliation-D  ay . 

I.TT7  H  Y    doth  the  Lord  (land   off To  far  \ 

W       alld  why  conceal  his  face, 
When  great  calamities  appear, 
and  times  of    deep  diftrefs  ? 

2.   Lord,    (hall  the  wicked  ftill  deride 

thy  juftice   and  thy  power  ? 
Shall  they  advance  their  heads  in  pride, 

and  ftill  thy  faints  devour.  # 

}.   They  put  thy  judgments  from  their  figlrtj 
and  then  infult  the  poor  \ 


22  P    S   A   I.  M       X,  Til. 

They  boaft in  their  exalte •<; 
that  they  fhall  fall  no  more. 

4.  Arife,  O  God,  lift  np  thine  hand, 

attend  our  humble  cv~  ; 
No  eneinv  fhaTI   chare  to  ftand 
when  God  afceruls  on  higli. 

Pause. 

5.  Why  do  the  men  of  malice  rage, 
and  fay  with  foolifh  pride, 

u  The  God  of  Heaven  will  ??e,er  engage 
tG  fight  on  Zion'i  fide  P 

6.  But  thou  for  ever  art  our  Lord  : 
and  powerful  is  thine  hand, 

As  when  the  heathens  felt  thy  fword, 
and  perifh'd  from  thy  land. 

7.  Thou  wilt  prepare  our  hearts  to  pray, 
and  caufe  thine  ear  to  hear  ; 

He  hearkens  what  his  children  fay, 
and  puts  the  world  in  fear. 

8.  Proud  tyrants  (hall  no  more  opprefs, 
no  more  defpife  the  juft  ; 

And  mighty  finners    (hall  confefs 
they  are  but  earth  and  duft. 

Psalm     XI. 
God  loves  the  Righteous,    and  hates  the  Wicked. 

1.  T^  If  Y  refuge  is  the  God  of  love, 
WjL   Why  do  my  foes  infult  and  cry, 

"  Fly  like  a  t'unourous  trembling  dove, 
u   To  difiant  woods  or  mountains  fiy  ?** 

2.  If  government  be  all  deftroy'd, 
(That  firm  foundation  of  our  peace) 
And  violence  make  j  11  (lice  void, 
Where  mail  the  righteous  feek  redrefs  ; 


P  ;  a  L  M      xi;  xii.  2  3 

3.  The  Lord  in  Heaven  has  fixt  Iiis  throne, 
His  eyes   furvey  the  world  below  ; 

To  him  all  mortal  :  hin^    are  known, 
His  eye-lids  fearch  our  fpirits  thro'. 

4.  If  he  afliict?  his  (aints'fbfar 

To  prove  their  love,  and  try  their  grace, 
What  may  the  bold  tranfgreffors  fear  ? 
His  very  foul  abhors  their  ways. 

5.  On  impious  wretches  he  fhall  rain 
Tempefls  ofbrimllone,  fire,  and  death, 
Such  as  he  kindled  on  the  plain 

Of  Sod o?7i  with  his  angry  breath. 

6.  The   right'ous  Lord  loves  right'ous  fouls, 
Whofe  thoughts  and  aa  ions  are  fincere, 
And  with  a  gracious  eye,  beholds 

The  men  that  his  own  image  bear. 

Psalm     XII.     Long  Metre. 

The  Samts  Safety  cmd  Hope  t7i  evil  T'wies ;  or, 
Shis  of  the  Tongue  co??iplain9d  of  (viz.)  Blaf- 
fhetnjy  Falfhood,  &c. 

1.  1       O  R  D,  if  thou  doft  not  foon  appear, 
I    J    Virtue  and  truth  will  fly  away  ; 

A  faithful  man,  amongft  us  here, 
Will  lcarce  be  found,  it"  thou  delay. 

2.  The  whole  difcourfe,  when  neighbours  meet 
Is  filPd  with  trifles  loofe  and  vain  : 

Their  lips  are  fiatt'ry  and  deceit, 
And  their  prond  language  is  profane. 

3.  But    lips,  that  with  deceit  abound, 
Shall  nor  maintain  their  triumph  long  ; 
The  God  of  vengeance  will  confound 
The  flattering   and    blafphemiug  tongue. 

u  4.  Yet  fhall  our  words  be  free,  they  cry  ; 
' '  Our  tongues  fhall  be  controul'd  by  none  : 


24  Psalm     xii. 

"  Where  is  the  Lord  will  aik  us  why  I 
H  Or  lay,    our  lips  are  notour  own  ? 

5.  The  Lord,  who  fees  the  poor  oppreft, 
And  hears  th'  oppreflbr's  haughty  ftraiu, 
Will  rile  to  give  his  children  relt, 

Nor  fhall  they  trull  his  word  in  vain. 

6.  Thy  word,  O  Lord,  tho'  often  try'd, 
Void  of  deceit  (hall  Hill  appear  ; 

ot  filver,  ihven  times  purify 'd 
From  drofs  and  mixture,  (bines  fo  clear. 

7.  Thy  grace  fhall  in  the  darkeft  hour, 
Defend  the  holy  foul  from  harm  ; 
Tho'  when  the  vileft  men  have  power 
On  every  fide  will  iluners  fwarm. 

Psalm     XII.     Common  Metre. 

Complaint  of  a  general  Corruption  of  Manners  ; 
or,  The  Promife  and  Signs  of  Lhrifl's  coming 
to    Judgment, 

1.  TT  E  L  P>  Lord,  for  men  of  virtue  fail, 

~J_     religion  lofes  ground  ; 
The  fens  of  violence  prevail, 
and  treacheries  abound. 

2.  Their  oaths  aA,d  promifes  they  break, 
yet  acl  the  fiattes  er's  part  ; 

With  fair  deceitiui  lips  they  fpeak, 
and  with  a  double  heart. 

q.If  we  reprove  fome  hateful  \yey 
how  is  their  fury  ltirr'd  ; 

€(  Are  not  our  lips  our  own,  they  cry, 
<e  and  who  Jb all  be  our  Lord  .<* 

4.   Scoffers  appear  on  every  fide, 

where  a  vile  race  of  men 
Is  rais'd  to  feats  of  power  and  pride, 

and  bears  the  fword  in  vain. 


P   s   :.    i    M      xii,    ::iii.  '- ' 

P    A     U     5     E. 

5.  Lc 
an 

and 

6.  Is  1  n  * 

j 

"    7.  ill   I  rlxl, 

lee  j 

ee." 
feven  tin: 

,:de., 
ire. 


P  s  ^e. 

. .  n  ;    or, 

i/;  / 

I.TTOVrior-,   0  Lord,   flhiall  I    compl 

i  his  Gcd  u 

id  II  .  arid  be  deny'd  ? 

2.   Shall  I  fjv  ever  be  fo 

A.s  one  v.  born  thotl  :  not 

,         abience  moum  , 
fe&i  fli  lr  c.t    tby  ret:; 

B 


26  Psalm,     xiii. 

^.   How  long  fiiall  my  poor  troubled  bread 
Be  with  thefe  anxious  thoughts  oppreit  ? 

And    Satan,  my  malicious  foe, 
Rejoice  to  fee  me  funk  To  low. 

4.  Hear,  Lord,  and  grant  me  quick  relief, 
Before  my  death  conclude  my  grief  . 

If  thou  withhold  thy  heav'nly  light, 
I  ileep  in  everlading  night. 

5.  How  will  thepow'rsof  darknefs  boad, 
If  but  one  praying  foul  be  loll  ? 

But  I  have  truited  in  thy  grace, 
And  fhall  again  behold  thy  face. 

6.  Whate'er  my  fears  or  foes   fugged, 
Thou  art  my  hope,  my  joy,  my  red  ; 
My  heart  fhall  feel  thy  love,  and  raife 
My  chearful  voice  to  fongs  of  praife. 

Psalm      XIII.     Common  Metre. 

Complaint  under  Temptations    of  the    Devil. 

I.  T  T  O  W  long  wilt  thou  conceal  thy  face  ? 

~~X      niy  God,  how  long  delay  ? 
When  fhall  I  feel  thofe  heav'nly  rays, 
that  chafe  my   fears  away  ? 

3.   How  long  fhall  my  poor  lab'ring  foul 

wredle  and  toil  in  vain  ? 
Thy  word  can  all  my  foes  controul, 

and  eafe  my  raging  pain. 

3.  See  how  the  prince  of  darknefs  tries 
all  his  malicious  arts, 

He  fp reads  a  mift  around  my  eyes, 
and  throws  his  firey  darts. 

4.  Be  thou  my  fun,    and  thou  my  fhield, 
my  foul  in  fafety  keep  ; 

Make  haf-e  before  mine  eyes  are  feal'd 
in  death's  eternal  deep. 


Psalm     xiii,    xiv.  2  J 

5.  Kow  would  the  tempter  boa(l  aloud 
if  I  become  his  prey  ! 

Behold,  the  Tons  of  hell  grow  proud 
at  thy  To  long  delay. 

6.  But  they  mall  fly  at  thy  rebuke, 
and  Satan  hide  his  head  ; 

He  knows  the  terrors  of  thy  look, 
and  hears  thy  voice  with  dread. 

7;  Thou  wilt  dilplay  that  fovereign  grace, 
where  all  my  hopes  have  hung  5 

Ifhall  employ  my  iips  in  praife, 
and  vicVry  (hall  be  Tung. 


P   s   a   l   M    XIV.     Firit  Part. 
By  Nature  all  Men  are  Shiners. 

I.T^OGLS  in   their  heart  believe  and    fay, 

\J     "  that  all  religion's  vain, 
"  There  is  no  God  that  reigns  on  hi  oh, 

u  or  minds  th'  affairs  ofmen." 

2.  From  thoughts  lb  dreadful  and  profane 
corrupt  difcourfe  proceeds  ; 

And  in  their  impious  hands  are  found 
abominable  deeds. 

3.  The  Lord  from  his  celeftial  throne 
look'd  down  on  things  below, 

To  find  the  man  that  fought  his  grace, 
or  did  his  juflice  know. 

4.  By  nature  all  are  gone  all  ray, 
their  practice  all  the  fame  ; 

There's  none  that  fears  his  maker's  hand^ 
there's  none  that  loves  his  name.  - 

5.  Their  tongues  are  us'd  to  fpeak  deceit, 
their  llanders  never  ceafe  > 

E  2 


2$  P    3    A    L    M       xiv. 

How  fwift  to  mile hief  arc  their  feet, 
no\  know  the  paths  of "peace  ! 

6.  er  root) 

in  even 

Nor  t 
till 

Sevei 

jfalni  - 

tefs  and 
ed  it  from  the 
foi  mer. 

P  s  A  L  M      X:   \      The  Second  Part. 
'"  Perfsdutori. 


R  jE  Rimers  now  fo  ftnlelefs  grown, 
that  they  the  faints  devour  ? 
And  never  v\  orthip  at  thy  throne, 

nor  le  awful  power  ? 

2.  Great  God!    appear  to  their  furprize, 
reveal  thy  drecidkhl  name  ; 

Let  them  no  more  thy  wrath delpife, 
nor  turn  onr  hope  to  fhame. 

3.  Doit  thoa  not  dwell  among  the  juft, 

.    yet  our  foes  deride. 
That  we  mould  make  thy  name  our  truft; 
t  God  !  confound  their  pride. 

4.  O  that  the  joyful  day  were  come 
to  finifh  our  diitrefs  ! 

When  God  (hall  bring  his  children  home, 
onr  foims  mail  never  ceafe. 


Psalm     xv.  29 

Psalm  XV.     Common  Metre. 

Characters  of  a  Saint ;   or,  a  Citizen     of  Zion  ; 
or,  the  Qualifications    of  a  Chrijlian, 

1.  VT7  H  O    (hall  inhabit  in  thy  hill, 

VV       O  God  of  holinefs  ; 
Whom  will  the  Lord  admit  to  dwell 
fb  near  his  throne  of  grace  \ 

2.  The  man  that  walks  in  pious  ways, 
and  works   with  righteous  hands  > 

That  trufts  his  maker's  promifes, 
and  follows  his  commands. 

3.  He  {peaks  the  meaning  of  his  heart, 
nor  llanders  with  his  tongue  : 

Will  fcarce  believe  an  ill  report, 
nor  do  his  neighbour  wrong. 

4.  The  wealthy  {inner  he  contemns, 
loves  aU  that  fear  tlie  Lord  ; 

Andtlio*  to  his  own  hurt  he  fwears, 
itill  he  performs  his  word. 

5.  His  hands  difdain  a  golden  bribe, 
and  never  gripe  ihe  poor  ; 

This  man  (hall    dwell  with  God  on  earth, 
and  find  his  Heai  'n      c  ire. 

P  s  a  l  m     XV.     Long  Mettfe. 
Religion  and   Juftice,   Goodnejs  a  'd    Truth  ;    or, 
Duties  to  Cod  and  Man  j  or,  the  Qualification* 

of  a  Chriflian. 

J.  X  T  7  H  O  (hall  afccnd  thv  heav'nlv  place, 
Great  God,  and  dwell  before  thy  face  I 
The  man  that  minds  religion  now, 
And  humbly  walks   with  God  below. 

2.  Whofe  hands  are  pure,  whofe  heart  is  clean,. 
Whole  lips  itill  ipeak  the  tiling  they    mean  $ 


! 


JO  P    S    A    L    M       XY^ 

No  (landers  dwell  upon  his  tongue  £ 
He  hates  to  do  his  neighour  wrong. 

[3.   Scarce  will  lie  trull  an  ill  report, 
Nor  vents  it  to  his  neighbour's  hurt  : 
Sinners  of  iiate  he  can  defpiie, 
But  faints  are  honour'd  in  his  eyes.] 

£4.   Firm  to  his  word  he  ever  Rood, 
And  always  makes  his  promife  good  ; 
Nor  dares  to  change  the  tiling  he  fwears^ 
Whatever  pain  or  lofs  he  hears.] 

[5.  He  never  deals  in  bribing  gold, 

And  mourns  that  juftice  fhouid  be  fold  ; 
While  others  gripe  and  grind  the  poor, 
Sweet  charity  attends  his  door.] 

6.  He  lev-es  his  enemies  and  prays 
For  thofe  that  curie  him  to  his  face  ; 
And  doth  to  all  men  (till  the  fame 
That  he   would  hope   or  wifti  from  them. 

7.  Yet  when  his  holieft  works  are  done, 
His  foul  depends  on  grace  alone  : 
This    is  the  man  thy  face  (hall  fee, 
And  dwell  fcr  ever,  Lord,  with  thee. 

Since  ocr  biefibd  Savour  in  the  New  Teftament,  has  fo  much 
cxplainM  the  duties  of  the  law,  and  published  the  gofpel,  I  could 
not  pdfs  ovei  this  pfalm  of  the  characters  of  the  Jewi/b  Siint, 
without  inferting  fome  brighter  arrcles  that  mutt  belong  to  the 
Christian:  inch  as,  alms  and  charity  to  the  poor,  love  to  enemies 
thofe  that  curf-  us,  doing  to  other*  us  ive  ivould  have  them 
do  to  us,  and  hope  of  acceptance  only  through  divine  grace. 

I  t   oug  t  it    1.   e  tary  alfo   to  leave    oa^    the    mention  of  u fury, 
xer    5,  which  tho*  politically  forbidden  b\  the  Jews  among  them- 
•vas  never  unlawful  to  the  Gentiles,   nor  to   any  ChrUtiansr 
16  Jeivffi  polity  expired. 


P  s  a  l  m     xvi.  3rr. 

P  s  A  i  m   XVI.   The  firft   Fart.  Long  Metre. 

Gonjetfion    of  our    Poverty,     and   Saints    the    bej} 
pany  ;   or,     Good    Works  profit    Men,     net 

God. 
r.  T*  RESERVE  me,  Lord,  in  time  of  need  ; 

±       For  fuccour  to  thy  throne  I  Hee, 
But  have  no  merits  there  to  plo&d  ; 
My  good  nets  cannot  reach  to  thee. 

2.   Oft  have  my  heart   and  tongue  confeft 
How  empty  and  how  poor  I  am  ; 
My  praiie  can  never  make  thee  bled 
Nor  add  new  glories  to  thy  name. 

J.   Yet,  Lord,  thy  faints  on  earth  may  reap 
Some  profit  by  the  good  we  do  ; 
Thefe  are  the  company  I  keep, 
Thefe  are  the  choicer!  friends  I  know. 

4.  Let  others  chufe  the  fons  of  mirth, 
To  give  a  reliffa  to  their  wine, 
I  love  the  men  of  Heav'nly  birth, 
Whole  thoughts  and  lanoua^e  are  divine. 


P  s  a  l  M   XVI.  The  fecond  Part.   Long  Metre,, 
Chriji's  All-Sufficiency. 

O  W    fart  their  guilt  and  forrows  rife^ 
Who  haite  to  feck  fome  idol-god  I 
I  will  not  taite  their  facrifice, 
Their  offerings  of  forbidden  blood, . 

2.  My  God  provides  a  richer  cup; 
And  nobler  food  to  live  upon  : 
He,  for  mv  life,  hasofler'd  up 
Jefus  his  be  ft -beloved  Son. 

3,  Hi^  love  is  mv  perpetual  feaft  ; 
By  day  his  counfels  guide  me  right  2 
And  be  bis  name  forever  blelt, 
Who  gives  uiefweet  advice  by  night. 


32  Psalm     xvi. 

4.  I  fet  him  ftill  before  mine  eves  ; 
At  my  right-hand  he  Hands  prepared 
To  keep  my  foul  from  all  furprize, 
And  be  my  everlafling  guard. 

From  the  pfalmifVs  ment"on  of  drink-offerings  of  blood,  I  take 
ocaiilon  to  allude  to  the  facrifke  ofchrijt.  His  Jiejh  is  meat  incited, 
and  his  blood  is  drink  indeed,  John  vi.  $5. 

Psalm  XVI.     Tie  Third  Part.  Lono;  Metre. 

Courage    in  Death,  and  Ho^e  of  the    Refurrefiio?]*. 

1.  V  "1  tHEN  God  is  nigh,  my  faith  is  ftrcng, 

V  V     His  .arm  is  my  almighty  prop  : 
Be  glad,  my  heart  ;  rejoice  my  tongue  ; 
My  dying  flefh  ihall  reit  in  hope. 

2.  Tho'  in  the  dufl  I  lay  my  head. 
Yet,  gracious  God,  thou  wilt  not  leave 
My  feul  for  ever  with  the    dead, 

Nor  lofe  thv  children  in  the  grave. 

3.  My  flefh  fhall  thy  firft  call  obey, 
Shake  off  the  dure,  and  rife  on  high  ; 
Then  flialt  thou  lead  the  wond'rous  way 
Up  to  thy  throne  above  the  iky. 

4.  There  dreams  of  endlefs  pleafure  flow  ; 
And  full  difcov'ries  of  thy  grace 
(Which  we  but  tailed  here  below) 
Spread  Heav'nly  joys  thro'  all  the  place. 

The  laft  verfes  of  this  pfalm  a-e  applyed  on'y  to  Chriji,  Afts 
xiii.  36.  and  ii.  23.  &r.  yet  fince  they  contain  fo  far  a  dew  of  a 
refurreition,  which  is  fo  feldom  found  in  th:s  book,  I  have  formed 
thefe  four  Stanza's  into  fuch  expreflions  as  may  be  afilimecl  by 
Chriftians,  and  apply  *d  to  thcmfelves. 

Psalm     XVI.   i. 8.  The  Firjl  Fart, 

Common    Metre. 
f   Support  and  Com:/:!  from  Cod  without  Merit. 
I..C*  AVE  me,  O  Lord,  from  every  foe  -s, 
jj  iu  thee  my;  trult  I  place., 


p    S     A     L     M       XVI. 

Tho'  all  the  good  that  I  can  do 
can  ne'er  deleave  thy  grace. 

2.  Yet  if  mj  my  breath) 

the  : 
The  faints  tht  e  earth, 

the  men  of  my  delight. 

itliens  to  their  idols  halle, 
aiia  •  wood  or  (tone  : 

But  .1  lot  is  call 

where  the  true  God  is  known. 

4.  His  hand  provides  my  coiiilant  £bod~ 
he  fills  my  daily  cap  ; 

b  am  I  pleas'd  with  prefent  good, 
but  niore  rejoice  in  hope. 

5.  God  is  my  portion  and  my  joy, 
his  comifels  are  my  light  ; 

He  gives  me  fweet  advice  bv  day, 
and  gentle  hints  b}'  night. 

6.  My  foul  would  all  her  thoughts  approve 
to  his  all-feeing  eye  : 

Not  death,  nor  hell,  my  hopes  mall  move, 
while  fuel*  a  friend  is  nigh. 


Psalm  XVI.    The  fecond  Part,  Common  Metre* ■< 
The  Death  and  Refurre&ion  of  Chriil.       & 

1.  u  Y  Set  the  Lord  before  my  face, 

X    "  he  bears  my  courage  np  ; 
€i  My  heart  and  tongue  their  joys  exprefs, 
"  my  fiefh  ihall  reft  in  hope. 

2.  u  My  fpirit,  Lord,  thou  wilt  not  leave 
<c  where  fouls  departed  aie; 

u   Nor  quit  my  bods  to  the  grave, 
(i  to  lee  corruption  there. 

3.  €t  Thou  wilt  reveal  the  path  of  life, 
u  anu  rai.e  rue  to  thy  thr6ne  : 


34  Psalm     xvi,  xvii. 

u  Thy  courts  immortal  pleafure  ^ive  ; 
"  thy  pre  fence  joys  unknown. " 

[4.   Thus  in  the  name  of  Chrift,  the  Lord, 

the  holy  David  lung, 
And  providence  fulfils  the  word 

of  his  prophetic  tongue. 

5.  Jefns,  whom  every  faint  adores, 
was  crucify'd  and  flaiii  ; 

Behold  tlie  tomb  its  prey  reftores, 
behold  he  lives  again. 

6.  When  mall  my  feet  arife  and   ftand 
on  Heaven's  eternal  hills  ? 

There  fits  the  Son  at  God's  right  hand, 
and  there  the  Father  fmiies.] 

In  this  verflon  I  have  apnlyed  the  three  laft  verfes  of  this  pfalnr 
to  Chrijt  alone,  as  St.  Peter  applies  them,  Atti  ii.  23.  yet  iaitefld 
of  the  fourth  line  of  the  fecond  itanza,  To  fee  Corruption  there  ; 
you  may  read  thus,  To  d-ivell  forever  there,  And  then  the  three 
firft  Stanza's  may  be  fung  alone,  and    applyed    to  every  Chriftian. 

Stanza  2.  'Tis  now  agreed  by  the  learned,  that  the  Hebrew 
word,  Sheoly  which  is  rendered  Hell,  fignifies  only  the  ftate  of  the 
dead,  i.  e*  the  grave  for  the  body,  and  the  Separate  State  for  the 
Spirit. 

Psalm.  XVII.    ver.  13.  &c    Short  Metre. 

Portion  of  'Saints  and Sinners  ;   or,  Hope  and  Def- 
pair  in  Death. 

1.  A    RISE,  my  gracious  God, 
jTV     and  make  the  wicked  flee  ; 

They  are  but  thy  chaftizing  rod> 
to  drive  thy  faints  to  thee. 

2.  Behold  the  (inner  dies, 
his  haughty  words  are  vain  ; 

Here  in  this  life  his  pleafure  lies, 
and  all  beyond  is  pain. 

3.  Then  let  his  pride  advance, 
and  boail  of  all  his  ltore  ; 

The  Lord  is  my  inheritance, 
mv  foul  can  wifh  no  more. 


r   s   a    l    M      xv u.  £5 

4.   I  (hall  behold  the  face 
of  my  forgiving  God, 

And  (land  compleat  in  rishteoufnefs, 
wafli'd  in  my  Saviour's  blood. 

5.-  There's  a  new  Keav'u  begun, 
when  I  awake  from  death, 
Dreil  in  the  likenels  of  thy  Son, 
and  draw  immortal  breath. 

Stanzas.  The  Heaven  which  fouls  enjoy  in  the  feparatc  ftate, 
is  fo  much  incrc*fed  by  the  refurrection  of  the  body,  that  it  mar 
be  mailed  a  new  Heaven,  the  Heaven  of  the  body  as  well  as  of  the 
foal. 

P  s  a  l  M     XVII.     Long  Metre. 

The  Shiner's  Portion  and  Saint's    Hope  ;  or,    The 
Heaven  of  J'eparate  Souls  and  the  Refurretfton. 

I.T     ORD,  I  am  thine  ;    but  thou  wilt  prove 

Jj j    My  faith,    my  patience,    and  my  love  : 

When  men  or  fpite  againit  me  join, 
They  are  the  Avord,  the  hand  is  thine. 

2.  Their  hope  and  portion  lies  below  : 
'Tis  all  the  happinefs  they  know, 

'Tis  all  they  feek  ;  they  take  their  (hares, 
And  leave  the  reft  among  their  heirs. 

3.  What  finners  value,  I  refign  ; 
Lord,  'tis  enough  that  thou  art  mine  : 
I  f]  all  behold  thy  blifsful  face,, 

And  Hand  compleat  in  righteoufnefs. 

4.  This  life's  a  dream,  an  empty  fhow ; 
But  the  bright  world,  to  which  I  go, 
Hath  joys  fubrhmtiai  and  fincere  ; 
When  (hall  I  wake,  and  find  me  there  ? 

5.  O  glorious  hour  !   O  bleft  abode  I 
I  ihall  be  near  and  like  my  God  ! 
And  ftVfh  and  (in  no  more  controul 
The  facred  uleafures  of  the  foul. 


$6  P   s    A    L    m      _\vii,  xviii. 

6.   My  flefh  (hall  flnmberin  the  ground, 
'Till  the  laft  trumpet's  joyful  (bund  ; 
Then  burft  the  chaiin  -et  furpiize, 

And  in  m\  Saviour's  im 

The  fenfc  of  a  great  part  of   th3  f%C 

I 
than  tin  e  '■    I-  Thyu  h 

heart,  thou  f:.:Jl  tried 
■ 

rt.i  -f 
their fu  .ace  in 

]  : 

a  en. 
From  tie  word  A-~: 
i 

. 


Psalm     XVIII,     Firfi   Part.     Lono<    Metre' 

■I  O 

F>r.  I  —  6,   25 — I  8. 

JJe fiver ance  from     De/pajr ;     or,    Tempt* 
overt  onto. 

T.r-r'KEE  will  I  love,  O  Lord,  my   ftrength; 
Jl     My  rock,  my  tow'r,  my  high  defence* 

Thy  mighty  arm  (hall  be  my  trull, 
For  I  have  found  Salvation  thence. 

2.  Death,  and  the  terrors  of  fire  grave., 
Stood  it  with  their  difraal  fiade; 
While  floodsof  hi<rh  temptations  rofc, 
And  made  my  finking  foul  afraid. 

3.  I  faw  tV~  op'ni  of  hell, 
With  en diefs  pair               rtows^there. 
v  hich  n  ,  cau  tell, 
While  I  was  hurrVd  to  defpair. 

4.  In  my  diftrefs,  I  ealFd  ■ 

V\  hen  1  could  fcarce  1  ::e; 

He  bow'd  his  ear  to  my  complaint, 
Then  did  his  gitlo  divine. 


P  s  A  i  m     xviii.  37 

[;.  With  f^eed  lie  flew  to  my  relief, 
As  o\\  a  cherub's  wing  he  rode  ; 
Awful  and  blight  as  :one 

The  £dce  of  my  deliv'rer  God. 

6.  Temptations  fled  at  his  rebuke, 
The  Waft  of  I  tth-; 
He  lent  (alvartion  from 

And  drew  me  from  the  /death.] 

7.  Great  were  ray  fears,  ray  foes  were  great, 
Much  was  their  ftreugtl  >re  their  rage  ; 
But    Chrifty  my  Lord,  is  c.  . .   ,\; 

In  ail  the  wars  tha 

'3.  Sly  (bug  for.  ever  cord 

That  terrible,  that  joyful  hour: 
And  give  the  glory  to  the  Lord, 
Due  to  his  mercy  and  his  pow'r* 

[have 
cdxhe  fc  of  it  to  on 

- 
folded  me  to  I 

able  : 

P   ,S    A     L     M 

Tfic   Sect?:  J  Tart.    v.  20 26.  Long    Metre, 

7 .  T     C  ?.  D 

L^J    Ha  ^r  ; 

Before  mine 
And  tho  1  £. 

2.  Si  fee  T  hav»L  '  c, 

I've    v.i \k\\   1  /  face,; 

Or  if  r.i 


I 

?8  Psalm     xviii. 

3.  What  fore  temptations  broke  mv  reft  ! 
What  wars  and  ftrugglings  in  mv  breail  ! 
But  thro'  thy  grace  that  reigns  within, 

I  guard  againil  my  darling  fin. 

4.  That  fin  that  clofe  befets  me  ftill, 
That  works  and  ftrives  againit  my  will  ; 
When  (hall  thy  fpirit's  (pver'ign  pow'r 
Deilroy  it,  that  it  rife  no  more  ? 

[5    With  an  impartial  hand  the  Lord 
JDcals  out  to  mortals  their  reward  ; 
The  kind  and  faithful  fouls  mail  find 
A  God  as  faithful  and  as  kind. 

6.  The  juft  and  pure  fhall  ever  {ay 
Thou  art  more  pure,  more  juft  than  they  : 
And  men  that  love  revenge  fhall  know 
God  hath  an  arm  of  vengeance  too.] 

Psalm   XVIII.    The  Third  Part.  Ver.   30,   31, 
34;   35,  4^  #*?     Long  Metre. 

Rejoicing    in  Cod  j  or,  Salvatim    and  Triumph. 

I.   TUTT  are  thy  ways,  and  true  thy  word, 

Jl    Great  rock  of  my  fecure  abode  ; 
Who    is  a  God  beiide  the  Lord  ? 
Or  where's  a  refuge  like  our  God  ? 

y.    'f  is  he  that  girds  me  with  his  might, 
Gives  me  his  holy  (word  to  wield  ; 

And  while  with  fin  and  hell  I  fight, 
Spreads  his  falvation  for  my  fhiekh 

3.  lie  lives,   (and  bleffed  be  my  rock) 
The  God  of  iv. y  falvation  lives, 

The  it:::  k  deiigns  of  hell  are  broke, 
Sweet  is  the  peace  my  father  gives. 

4.  Before  the  (coffers  of  the  age, 
1  will  exalt  my  father's  name, 


P  s  a  l  m     xvii.  39 

Nor  tremble  at  their  mighty  rage. 

Bat  meet  reproach,  and  bear  the  ihame. 

5.  To  David  and  his  royal  feed, 
Thv  grace    forever  (ball  extend  ; 
Thy  Jove  to  Taints  in  Chrift  their  head 
Knows  not  a  limit,  nor  an  end. 

Psaxm   XVIII.     The  Firl]  Part  Common  Metre. 
Vitlory    and  l&iui  iwr/Vi. 

1.  T  T  ;  E  love  thee,    Lord,    and  we  adore, 

V  V       now  is  thine  arm  reveal'd  ; 
Thon  art  our  ftrength,  our  hcav nly  tow'r, 
our  bulwark,    and  our  fhield, 

2.  We  fiv  to  oi\i'  eternal  rock, 
and  find  a  fnre  defence  ; 

His  holy  nana  oke, 

and  draw  £ah>tioii  thence. 

3.  When  God,  our  leader,  mines  m  arms, 
what  mortal  bean  can  be 

The  thunder  of  his  loud  alarms  I 
the  lightening  cf  his  {pear  i 

4.  He  rides  upon  the  winged  wind,. 
a;id    an o els  in   array 

In  millions  wait  to  know  his  mind,, 
and  iwift  as  flames  obey. 

5.  He  fpeaks,  and  at  his  tierce  rebuke,, 
whole  armies  are  difmay'd  ; 

His  voice,  his  frown,  his  angry  look, 
ilrikes  all  their  courage  dead. 

6.  He  forms  our  ger/rals  for  the  field, 
with  all  their  dreadful  (kill  j 

Gives  them  his  awful  fword  to  wield,, 
and  makes  their  hearts  of  Heel. 

[7*  He  arms  our  captains  to  the  ft*  >ht^ 
(  tho'  there  his  name's  forgot  - 


J 


^0  T  S  A  L  M      M\iii. 

Fie  oirded  Cyras  with  his   might, 
but  Cyrus  knew  him  not.) 

8.  Oft  has  die  Lon]   whole  nations  bled 
for  his  own  churches  fake  : 

powers  that  give  his -people  reft, 
fhallof  lils  eare  partake.] 

4(1  thee,  i  jju  me, 

P  s  a  l  M     XVIII.   TIN  'Second  Part. 
Common   Metre, 

TLj  Conquervr's  S:/?j. 

1.  r  2     O    thine  almighty  arm  we  owe 

.1.        the  triumphs  cf  the  day  ; 
Thy  terrors,  Lord,  confound  the  foe, 
and  melt  their  iirength  away. 

2.  'Tis  by  thine  aid  our  troops  prevail, 
and  break  united  pow'rs, 

Or  burn  their  boafted  fleets,  or  icala 
tlie  proudeli  of  their    tow  Vs. 

3.  IIcv,r  have  we  chas'd  them  thro*  the  flelvl>. 
and  trod  them  to  the  ground, 

lie  thy  falvation  was  our  fnield, 
bat  they  no  fhelter  found  ! 

4.  In  vain  to  idol-faints  they  cry, 
and  perfth  in  their  blood  ; 

Where  is  a  rock  io  great,  Co  high, 
fo  pow'rfulas  our  God  .? 

The  reck  pf  Tfr*el  ever  lives, 

his  name  be  ever"  bled  ; 
'Tis  Ins  own  arm  the  vidt'rjr  gives, 

and  gives  his  people  reft, 

6.  On  kings  that  reign  as  David  did, 
he  poms  his  blejlings  down  : 


Psalm     xviii,  xi'x..  4! 

Secures  their  honours  to- their  feed, 
and  well  fuppoits  the  crown. 

P  s   a   l   M    XIX:  Ftfft    Part,     Short   Metre.. 

Th  book  cf  Nature  and  Scripture. 

For  a  Lord's- Day  Morning. 

E  H  O  L  D  the  lofty  fky 

declares  its  maker  God, 
And  a]]  Ids  irarrv-works  on  hioh 
proclaim  his  pow'r  abroad. 

2.  The  darknefs  and  the  light 
frill  keep  their  courfe  the  fame  ; 

While  night  to  day,  and  day  to  nighty, 
divinely  teach  his  name. 

3.  In  ev'ry  difPrent  1-2  nd, 
their  general  voice  is  known  j 

They  fhew  the  wonders  of  his  hand;, 
and  orders  of  his  throne.. 

4.  Ye  Brltifr?  lands  rejoice, 
he  here  reveals  his  word, 

We  are  not  left  to  nature's  voice,. 
to  bid  us  know  tlie  Lord. 

5.  His  flatutes  and  commands 
are  fet  before  our  eyes, 

lie  'puts  his  gofpel  in  our  hands, 
where  our  lYivation  lies, 

6.  His  laws  are  ju it  and  purc^. 
Ills  troth  without  deceit, 

His  promiies  lor  ever  fi:ie; 
ana  his  rewards  are  gj eatr,. 

7;   [Net  honey  r  lo 

Nor  Go: 


4-  P    S    A    L    H     -\1X. 

?>.  While  of  thy  works  I  ling, 
thy  glory  to  proclaim, 
Accept  the  ;  r<viib,     ny  God,  my  King', 
in  my  Redeemer's  name] 

pfalmilfc    he-re,   and  in    other  pia  e  worJ  Laib^ 

elation 
inenrly 
. 
their  Ian 

being  more  an- 
ient. 
. 

io«    of  this  ,: 
eing  tv>3  long  to  be  fung  at  once,    according  to  cu;-    prefent 
. 

9   s   a    l    :i     XIX.   Second  Part.     Short  Metre. 
Cod's  Word  tu&ft  excellent;  or,  Sfoicsrlty  and 

For  a  Lord's- Day  Morning, 

i.  T>EHOLD  the  morning  fun, 
begins  his  glorious  way  ; 
Mis  beams  through  all  the  nations  run, 
and  life  and  light  convev. 

a.   Bat  where  tlie  goipel  comer, 
it  fp  reads  diviner  light, 
It  calls  c\t;jai  finners  from  their  tombs, 
and  gives  the  blind  their  light. 

3<   Hotv  perfect  is  thy  word  ! 
and  all  thy  judgments  7 nit  ! 
forever  Mire  thy  promife,  Lord, 
and  men  fecurely  trait. 

4.   My  gracious  God,  how  plain, 
are  thy  directions  giv'n  ! 
O  mav  I  never  read  in  vain, 
butfiiul  die  patli  to  Heav' 


P  s  xixs  43 

P    A     V     S     E. 

c,  I  hear  thy  word  with  lovep 
and  I  wonk!  fain  bbej   ; 
Send  thy  good  fpirit  from  above 
to  guide  me,  led  I  (tray. 

6.  O  who  can  ever  find 
the  errors  cf  his  ways  ? 

Yet  with  a  bold  presumptuous  mind, 
I  would  not  dare  tranJgrefs. 

7.  Warn  me  of  every  fin, 
forgive  my  fee  ret  faults, 

And  clean fe  this  guilty  foul  of  mine, 
whofe  crimes  exceed  my  thoughts. 

3'.  While  with  my  heart  and  tongue, 
I  fpread  thy  praiie  abroad, 
Accept  the  worihip  and  the  long, 
my  Saviour  aud  nay  God. 

P   s    a    l    m      XIX.  Long  Metre. 

IhBc  E  t  ared  I 

or,  7 ' . 

I.   ^  §  ^  HE  He  awns  declare  thy  glory,  Lordr 

JL      In  cv'rv  ilar  thv  wiiclom  fhines  -, 
But  when  our  e\es  behold  thy  word, 
We  read  thv  name  in  fairer  lines. 

z.  The  rolling  fun,  the  changing:  li 
And  nights  and  days  thy  pow'r  confefs:" 
But  the  heft  volume  thou  haft  writ, 
eals  thy  juftiee  and  thy  grace. 

-.  Sun,   moon  and  itais,   convey  thy  praiie 
Round  the  whole  earth,   and  never  ftand  ; 
So  when  the  truth  begun  its  race, 

It  toucli'd,  and  glancYr,  on  ev'ry  laucL. 


44  P  S  A  L  M       xfw 

4.  Nor  (hall  thy  fpreading  gofpel  reft,, 
'Till  thro1  the  world  thy  truth  has  run  ; 
'Tis    Chrifl  has   all  the  nations  hie  ft, 
That  fee  the  light,  or  feel  the  fun. 

,  5.  Great  Sun  of  righteonfnefs,  arife, 

Blefs  the  dark  world  with  hev. 'nly  light  ; 

Thv  gofpel  makes  the  fimple  wife; 

Thy  laws  are  pure,  thy  judgm exits  right. 

6.  Thy  nobleit  wonders  here  we  view 
In  fouls  renewed,  and  fins  foroiv'n  : 
Lord,  clean fe  my  fins,   my  ioul  renew, 
And  make  thy  word  my  guide  to  Keavhi. 

Tho'  the  plain  defign  of  the  Pfalmift  is  to  ihew  the  excellency  of 
the  book  offcripture  above  the  book    of  nature,  in  o.    t 
and  fave  a  finncr,  yet  t'r^  apoftle  Pstii  in  Ram*  x.   18.  app 
accommodates  the  4th  verfe  toths  fpreading  of  the  g 
Homan  erapife,  led  the  whole  World  in  t]  : 

spent  ;  and  in  litis  verfrm  1  have  endeavoured  10  imitate  him. 

Psalm  XIX.  To  the  T^ne  of  the  113th  Piilm* 

The  Book  of  Scripture  arid  Nature, 

C^  Reat  God, the  Heav'ns  well-ordcr'd  frame, 
J    Declares  the  glories  of  tliv  rtatbe  ; 
There  thy  rich  works  of  wonder  Urine  : 
A  thouland  ftarry  heautics  the,-;e, 
A  thousand  radiant  marks  appear, 

Of  boundlefs  pow'r,.  and  Ikill  divine, 

Z.  From  night  to  day,  from  day  to  night7. 
The.  cl  »\\  1  lit, 

Lectures  of  Heav'lily  v»  i\  J  ;.• 

With  fi\ej     eloquem  iJe 

Our  thoughts  to  our  Creator^  praiie,. 

And  neither  foa  uaVe  need 

q.   Y<  ens  run 

jfar  as  the  joi:rr lies  of  the  fun, 

And  e% 


P  s  a  l  m  xix.  45 

Breaks  from  the  chambers  of  the  earl, 

Rolls  found,  and  makes  the  earth  rejoice. 

4.  Where'er  lie  fpreads  his  beams  abroad 
He  i miles,  and  (peaks  his  maker  God  ; 

All  nature  joins  to  fhew  thy  praiie  ; 
Thus  God  in  every  creature  {"bines; 
Fair    is  t?ie  book  o?  nature's  lines, 

But  fairer  is  thy  book  of  grace. 

Pause. 

5.  1  love  the  volumes  of  thy  word, 
What  light  and  joy  thofe  leaves  afford 

To  fouls  benighted  and  dittreft  ! 

Thy  precepts  guide  my  doubtful  way, 
Thy  fear  forbids  my  feat  to  ft  ray, 
Thy  promife  leads  my  heart  to  reft- 

6.  From  the  difrov'ries  of  thy  law, 
The  perfeel  rules  of  life  I  draw, 

Thefe  aie  my  ftudy  and  delight  : 
Not  honey  fo  invites  the  tatie, 
Nor  gold,  that  hath  the  furnace  pail, 

Appears  fo  plealing  to  the  fight- 

7.  Thv  threat *iiings  wake  my  flumVring  eyes>. 
And  warns  me  where  my  danger  lies* 

But  'tis  thy  bleiled  gofpel,  Lord, 
That  makes  my  guilty  confeience  clean, 
Converts  my  foul,  fubdues  my  fin, 

And  pives  a  free  but  laroe  reward. 

8.  Who  knows  the  errors  of  his  thoughts  ? 
My  God,  forgive  my  fecret  faults, 

And  from  prefumptuous  fins  reitrain  .• 
Accept  my  poor  attempts  of  praiie,. 
That  I  have  read  thy  book  of  grace, 

And  book  of  nature,  not  in  vain, 


46  Psalm     xx, 

P    S     A     L     M        XX. 

Prayer  and  Hope  ofTitfory. 

For  a  Day  of  Prayer  in  "Time  of  War, 

I-  "N^TOW  niay  t?ieG°d  of  pow'rand  t  race,. 

1^1     Attend  his  peopled  humble  cry  ! 
Jehovah  hears,  when  Ifr'el  prays, 
And  brings  dcliv'rance  from  on  hi;>h. 

2.  The  name- of  Jacob's  Go3  xk- fends 
Better  than  fhielcjs  or  bnr.'.LUi  walls  ; 
He,  from  his  fauctuary,  lends 
Succour  and  ftrenn-th  when  'Llun  calls.. 

o 

3   Well  he  remembers  all  our  GghSj 
His  lore  exceeds  our  belt  deferts; 
His  love  accepts  the  iacrifice 
Of*  humble  proans  and  broken  hearts*. 

4.  In  his  {alvation  is  our  hope, 

And,  i  1  the  name  of  Ifr'ei's  God, 

C  iir  troops  (hall  Hit  their  banners  up, 

O       navies  fpread  their  flags  abroad. 

5.  Sep.:  trull  in  ho^fes  train 'd  for  war, 
And  iome  of  chariots  make  their  boaits; 
Our  furefl  expectations  are 
Fionithee,  tiie  Lord  of  heav'nly  hods. 

6     [O  may  the  niemVv  of  thy  r 
Inipire  our  armies  for  ihe  light  ! 
Our  foes  lhall  fall  and  die  wirhfhame, 
Or  quit  the  field  with  ihameful  ilight.] 

7.  Now  five  us,  L01  d,  from  ilavifli  fear, 
Now  let  our  hopes  be  firm  and  llrong, 
•Tillthefalvation  (hall  appear, 
And  joy  and  triumph  raile  the  fbng. 

Psalm     XXI.  Common  Metre. 

Our  King  is  the  Care  of  Heaven. 
I.  rnH£  king,  O  Lord,. with  fongs  of  praife, 
J^       mail  111  thy  itrength  rejoice  ; 


Psalm    xxi.  47 

And  hleft,  with  thy  fal  vat  ion,  raife 
to  heaven  his  chearful  voice. 

2.  Thv  Cure  defence,  thro'  nations  round, 
has  Q>read  his  glorious  name  ; 

And  his  fuccef>fui  actions  crown'd 
with  majesty  and  fame. 

3.  Then  let  the  king  on  God  alone, 
for  timely  aid  rely  ; 

His  mercv  mall  fupport  the  throne, 
and  all  our  wants  fupply. 

4.  But,  righteous  Lord,  his  iTubboni  foes 
mall  feel  thy  dreadful  hand  : 

Thy  vengeful  arm  (hall  find  out  thofe 
that  hate  his  mild  command. 

5.  When  thou  again  ft  them  d  oft  engage, 
thjjuft,   but  dreadful  doom, 

Shall,  like  a  fiery  oven's  rage, 

their  hopes  and  them  confume. 

* 

6.  Thus,  Lord,  thy  woi.d'rous  pow'r  declare, 
and  thus  exalt  thy  fame  ; 

Wliilft  we  glad  fongs  of  praife  prepare 
for  thine  almighty  name. 

I  have  borrowed  almoft  aK  th^fe  Stanza's  from  Mr.  Tat^s  ver- 
ilon,  and  rhey  feem  very  applcab.e  to  his  prefent  majei.y  king 
KZeorge,   17  16. 

Psalm  XXL     I 9.     Long  Metre. 

Chriii  exalted  to  the  Kingdom. 

1.  T"S,AVID  rejoic'd  :n  God  his  ftrength, 
\_Jf    Rais'd  to  the  throne  by  fpecial  grace  ; 

But  Chrift)  the  Son,  appears  at  length, 
Fulfills  the  triumph  and  the  piaite. 

2.  How  great  is  the  Mejpah's^oy 
lu  the  la iv alien  of  thv  hand  i 


48  Psalm  xxi,  xxii. 

Lord,  thou  hall  rais'd  his  kingdom  high, 
And  giVn  the  world  to  his  command. 

?.   Thy  goodnefs  grants  whatever  lie  will4 
Ncr  doth  the  lealt  requclt  with-hold ; 
B  letting  s  of  love  prevent  him  Hill, 
And  crowns  of  glory,  not  of  gold, 

4,  Honour  and  majefty  divine 
Around  his  facred  temples  mine  ; 
Bled  with  the  favour  of  thy  face, 
And  length  of  everlafiino;  days. 

5.  Thine  hand  (ball  find  out  all  his  foes  ; 
And  as  a  fiery  oven  glows 

With  raging  heat  and  living  coals, 
So  thall  thy  wrath  devour  their  fouls. 


Psalm  XXII.     1— 16.      Thejirfl  VarU 
Common  Metre. 

The  Sufferings  and  Death  ofChrif}. 

1.  T  1[  7HY  has  my  God  my  foul  forfook, 

V  %J       nor  will  a  fmile  afford  ? 
(Thus  David  once  In  angui/h  fpoke, 
and  thus  our  dytnct  Lord.  7 

2.  Tho'  'tis  thy  chief  delight  to  dwell 
among  thy  praiiing  faints, 

Yet  thou  canft  hear  a  groan  as  well 
and  pity  our  complaints. 

3.  Our  fathers  triifted  in  thy  name, 
and  great  deliv'rance  found. 

But  I'm  a  worm  depis'd  of  men 
and  trodden  to  the  ground. 

4.  Shaking  the  head  they  pafs  me  by, 
and  laugh  my  foul  to  fcorn  ; 

"  In  vain  he  trujis  in  God,   they  cry; 
"  negltfted  and  forlorn" 


p    S    A    X.    M       XXII.  \g 

J,   But  thou  art  he  who  form'd  my  flefh 

bv  thine  Almighty  word, 
Ajid  fince  I  hung  upon  the  bread, 

my  hope  is  in  the  Lord. 

'6.  Why  will  my  father  hide  his  face, 
when  foes  itand  threatening  round^ 

In  the  dark  hour  of  deep  diftrcfs, 
and  not  an  helper  found. 

Pause 

7.  Behold  thy  darling  left  among 

the  cruel  and  the  proud, 

As  bulls  of  Bafnan  fierce  and  ftrcng, 

as  lioiij  roarino-  loud, 
o 

S.   From  earth  and  hell  my  forrows  meet 

to  multiply  the  fmart  ; 
They  nail  my  hands,  they  pierce  my  feet^ 

and  try  to    vex  my  heart. 

9.  Yet  if  thy  fbv'reign  hand  let  loofe 
the  rage  of  earth  and  hell, 

Why  will  my  heav'njy  Father  bruife 
the  fon  he  loves  fo  well  \ 

10.  My  God,  if  poffible  it  be, 
with-hold  this  bitter  cup; 

£ut  I  refign  my  will  to  thee, 
and  drink  the  forrows  up. 

11.  My  heart  diifolves  with  pangs  unknown* 
in  groans  I  waft e  my  breath   ; 

Thy  heavy  hand  hath  brought  me  down 
low  as  the  dull  of  death. 

12.  Father,  I  give  my  fpirit  up, 
and  trail  it  in  thy  hand  ; 

My  dying  ficih  fhall  reft:  in  hope, 
and  rift  at  thy  command. 
G 


L 


50  V    S    A     L    M.       XXU. 

Psalm  XXII.  20,  21,  27— Ji.    77;<?  / 
Common  Metre. 

Chrift's  Suffering's  and  Kingdom* 

I  "  "V  TQWfrotn  *&*  roarSig  lion  s  rage, 

lN       "   0  Lord  pro:- ft  thy  Son  $ 
u  Nor  leave  thy  darling  to  engage 
u    the  pow'rs  of  hell  ale?;!  " 

2.  Thus  did  our  fufF 'ring  Saviour  pray, 
with  mighty  cries  and  tears  ; 

God  heard  him  in  that  dreadful  day, 
and  chas'd  away  his  fears. 

3.  Great  was  the  vicl'ry  of  his  death, 
his  throne  exalted  high  ; 

And  all  the  kindreds  of  the  earth, 
fhall  worihip,  or  (hall  die. 

4.  A  num'rous  offspring  muft  arife 
from  his  expiring  groans  ; 

They  mall  be  reckon'd,  in  his  eyes9 
for  daughters  and  for  fbns. 

5.  The  meek  and  humble  fouls  fliall  feje 
Iiis  table  richly  fpread  : 

And  all  that  feek  the  Lord  fliall  be 
with  joys  immortal  fed. 

.6.  The  illes  fliall  know  the  righteoufnefs 

of  our  incarnate  God  : 
And  nations,  yet  unborn,  profefs 

faivatioii  in  his  b'*ood. 

Psalm  XXII.     Long  Metre. 

Chrift's  Sufferings  and  Exaltation. 

i.T^  TOW  let  our  mournful  fongs  record 
N^    The  dying  forrows  of  our  Lord  ; 
^e  complain'd  in  tears  and  blood, 
prfaken  of  his  God. 


P   s    I    L    M     xxii,  ::.\iii.  51 

beheld  him  thus  forlorn, 
;  (hake  their  heads,  arid  ;iifcornj 

iC    Hercfcn'd  other.    :  .  rrave  ; 

u   N<  ill? If  to  fave. 

J.   "  TSi  : I'd  once  pretend 

u   Got!  1  her  ant:  1  d  j 

u  If  God  :d  fov'd    him  fo, 

"  V,  il  to  help  him  now  ? 

4.  Barbarous  people!  erne]  prieft! 

How  they  (rood  round  like  ravage  bead! 

Like  lions  gaping  to  devour, 

When  God  had  left  him  in  their  pow'r. 

5.  They  wound  his  head,  his  hands,    his  feet, 
'Till  flreams  of  blood  each  other  meet; 

Bv  lot  his  garments  they  devide, 
And  mock  tlie  pangs  in  which  he  djr!d. 

6.  But  God,  his  Father, heard  his  cry; 
Rais'd  from  the  dead  he  reigns  on  1 
Ine  nations  learn  his  righteoufheis, 

And  humble  fin  tiers  rafte  his  grace. 

- 

of  it  which  . 

-     8,   12,    13,    ic,   18,   24,   28,  29,  31. 

Psalm     XXIII.     Long  Metre. 
God  our  & 
1.^    JY  Shepherd  is  the  living  Lord  ; 

IVjL    Now  ihal!  my  wants  be  welliupply'd; 
His  providence  and  holy  word 
Become  my  fafety  and  my  guide. 

2.   In  p ait u res  where  fhlvation  grows, 
He  makes  me  feed,  he  makes  me  reil  : 
There  living  water  gently  flows, 
And  all  the  food  divinely  blelt. 
G  2 


A 


52  Psalm     xxhi. 

c;.   Mj  waud'ring  feet  his  ways  miituie^. 
But  be  reltores  my  foul  to  peace, 
And  leads  me,  for  his  mercy's  fake, 
In  the  fair  paths  of  righteouihefs* 

4.  Tho'    I  walk  thro'  the  gloomy  vale, 
Where  death  and  all  its  terrors  are, 
jMv  heart  and  hcpe  (hall  never  fail, 
For  God  my  fhepherd's  with  me  there. 

5.  Amidft  the  darknefs  and  the  deeps, 
Thou  art  my  comfort,  thou  my  flay  5 
Thy  ftaff  fupports  my  feeble  fteps, 
Thy  rod  directs  my  doubtful  way 

6.  The  ions  of  earth,  and  ions  of  hell,. 
Grfze  at  thy  goodnefs,  and  repine 

To  fee  my  table  fpread  Co  well, 

With  living  bread,  and  chearful  winc> 

7.  [Kow  I  rejoice  when  on  my  head 
Thy  ipirit  condefcends  to  reft! 

'  Tis  a  divine  anointing  med 
Like  oil  of  gladneis  at  a  feaih 

S.   Surely  the  mercies  of  the  Lord 
Attend  his  houfliold  all  theirdays  ; 
There  will  I  dwell  to  Lear  his  word, 
To  feek  his  face,  and  fuig  his  praife.] 

Psalm  XXIII.    Common  Metre. 

I  ."TV   /T  Y  fhepherd  will  fupply  my  need, 

lVJL      Jehovah  is  his  name; 
In  paitures  frefh  he  mekes  me  fecdf 

befide  the  living  itream. 

Z.  He  brings  my  waud'ring  fpirit  back, 

when  I  forfake  liis  ways  j 
And  leads  me,  for  his  mercy's  fake, 

in  paths  of  truth  and  grace. 


Psalm     xxiii.  53 

3.  When  I  walk  thro'  the  (hades  of  death, 
thy  prefence  is  my  ftay  ; 

A  word  of  thy  fupnorting  breath, 
drives  all  my  fears  away. 

4.  Thy  hand,  in  fpite  of  all  my  foes, 
doth  (till  my  table  fpread  ; 

My  cup  with  blerling  overflows, 
thine  oil  anoints  my  head. 

5.  The  fure  provisions  of  my  God, 
•      attend  me  all  my  days  ; 

O  may  thy  houie  be  mine  abode, 
and  all  my  work  be  praiie  ! 

6.  There  would  I  find  a  fettled  reft, 
(while  others  go  and  come) 

No  more  a  ftrafagftr;  or  a  gueit, 
but  like  a  child  at  home. 

Stanza.  4.  The  filar  ;;'■;;■  fed  of  old  to  anoint  ami 

perfume      t:.e     head,    in  .v  Tel  ta- 

mer, t,  molt  it,   which 

ed   it   ia 
I  Metre  ;  wd pfal*  xiv.  7.  with  John  iii  £4.    H >P*oves  it. 
-  ■  ■  •  ■  •  -    -  1  — 

P  s  a   l   M     XXIII.  Short   Metre,     * 

I.   'r"7pvHE  Lord  my  (h epherd  is, 
1      I  (hall  be  well  fuoply 'd  > 
Since  he  is  mine,  and  I  am  his, 
what  can  1  want  beficle  ? 

2,   He  leads  me  to  the  place 
where  heavenly  pailure  grows, 
re  living  wa^rs  Lren:ly  pafs, 
and  full  ialvation  flows. 

j.  If  e'er  I  go  aftray, 
he  doth  my  foui  reclaim, 

And  guides  .ne  in  his  o>vn  right  way, 
for  ins  n\oi\  holv  name. 

A 


T4  Psalm     xxiii,  xxiv. 

4.  While  he  affords  his  aid, 
I  cannot  yield  to  fear  ; 

Tho'  I  mould  walk  thro*  death's  dark  fhadc^ 
my  fhepherd's  with  me  there* 

5.  In  fpight  of  all  my  foes, 
tliou  doft  my  table  fpread, 

Jffy  cup  with  ble  flings  overfiows, 
and  joy  exalts  my  head, 

6.  The  bounties  of  thy  love 
mall  crown  my  following  days ; 

Nor  from  thy  houfe  will  I  remove, 
nor  ceafe  to  fpeak  thy  praife. 

a  1 ' '     1  ■  'i  ■■  ii        1     ■.       1  ii 

Psalm     XXIV.     Common    Metre. . 

Dwelling  with  Cod. 

**  r  I  ^  ^^  eartu  f°r  ever  is  tne  Lord's, 

J_         with  Adamys  uum'rous  race  ; 
He  rais'd  its  arches  o'er  the  floods, 
and  built  it  on  the  feas. 

2,  But  who  among  the  fons  of  men, 
may  vi fit  thine  abode. 

He  that  has  hands  from  mifchief  clears 
whofe  heart  is  right  with  God. 

3,  This  is  the  man  may  rife  and  take 
the  bletfings  of  his  grace  ; 

This  is  the  lot  of  thole  that  feek 
the  God  of  Jacob's  face. 

4,  Nqw  let  our  fouls  immortal  pov/rs. 
to  meet  the  Lord  prepare, 

Lift  up  their  everlaiting  doors, 
the  king  of  glory's  near. 

5»  The  king  of  glory  !  who  can  tell 

the  wonders  of  his  might? 
He  rules  the  nations,  but  to  dwell  ; 

with  faints  is  his  delight. 


Psalm      *xiv.  $S 

P ■  s   a  i   M     XXIV.     Long  Metre. 
Saints  dwell  in  Heaven  ;     or,  Chrift's  dfcenfion. 

THIS  fpacious  earth  is  all  the  Lord's,  [birds 
And  men,   and  worms,    and   hearts,    and 
He  rais'd  the  building  oil  the  leas, 
And  gave  it  for  their  dwelling-place. 

1.     But  there's  a  brighter  world  on  high, 
Thy  palace,  Lord  above,    the  iky  : 
Who  mall  afcend  that  bleft  abode, 
And  dwell  €o  near  his  maker  God  ? 

^.   He  that  abhors  and  fears  to  fin. 

Whole  heart  is  pure,  whole  liands    are  clean^ 

Him  fhall  the  Lord  the  Saviour  blefs, 

And  clothe  his  foul  with  righteoufneft, 

4.  Thefe  are  the  men,  the  pious  race, 
That  feek  the  God  of  Jacob's  face  ; 
Thefe  mail  enjoy  the  blisful  fight, 
And  dwell  in  everlafting  light. 

Pause. 

5.  Rejoice,  ye  mining  worlds  on  high, . ' 
Behold  the  king  of  glory  nigh  ; 

Who  can  this  kino  of  glory  be  ? 
The  mighty  Lord,  the  Saviour's  he. 

6.  Ye  heav'nly  gates,  your  leaves  difplav 
To  make  the  Lord  the  Saviour  wav  : 
Laden  with  fpoils  from  earth  and  hell, 
The  conqu'ror  comes  with  God  to  dwell. 

7.  Rais'd  from  the  dead  he  goes  before, 
He  opens  heav'ns  eternal  door, 

To  give  his  faints  a  bleit  abode, 
Near  their  Redeemer  and  their  God. 

If  this  pfalm  was  written  at  the  afcent  of  the  ark  of  God  into. 
Z*o«,  the-city  of  David,  it  is  not  unnatural  to  apply  it  to  the  pr'e- 
tatte  QfChriJi  wkh  jus  chinch  i»  wor£ip,  as  ia  xjig  frmmn  msttt;  .. 


5  6*  P    S     A    L    M     XXV. 

or,  to  the  afccnflon  otchrtjt  to  Heaven,  as  in  Mjm  metre.  Li  this^ 
and  otter  parts  of  the  pfilm,  I  have  endeavoured  to  ma!cc  the 
connexion  plain  and  eafv,  which  is  very  obfearc  in  the  text. 

Psalm     XXV.     1 If.    The  Bit  ft  Part* 

Waiting  for  Pardon  and  Direction. 

I.TLIFT   my  foul  to  God, 

X.     my  trull  is  in  his  name  ; 
Lei  not  my  foes,  that  feek  my  blood, 

iliil  triumph  in  my  (ha  me. 

2.  Sin  and  the  pow'rs  of  hell, 
perfuade  me  to  defpair  ; 

Lord,  make  me  know  thy  cov'nant  well, 
that  I  may  Icape  the  in  are. 

3.  From  the  flrtt  dawning  light,, 
'till  the  dark  ev'ning  rile, 

For  thy  falvation,  Lord,   I  wait 
with  ever-3ouoino-  eves. 

*       4.  Remember  all  thy  grace, 

and  lead  me  in  the  truth  ;    „ 

Forgive  the  fins  or  riper  days, 

and  follies  of  my  youth. 

5.  The  Loidisju'l  and  kind, 
the  meek  inail  learn  his  way 5^. 

And  ev'ry  humble  (Inner  nria 
the  methods  ot  his  giace. 

6.  Fo-  his  own  goodnefs-fake 
he  faves  mv  foul  from  (ha me  : 

He  pardons  (t!:o;  my  guilt  be  great) 
thro'  my  redeemer's  name. 


F  i   a  l   m'XXV.   12,  14,    10,  13.  Socohd  Part* 
Divinz   In  HvuBi c  H- 


'W 


HE  HE  mall  the  man  be  found 
that  fears  t 'offend  his  C 


P   S    A  L    M     xxv,  57 

That  loves  the  gofpel's  joyful  found, 
and  trembles  at  the  rod, 

2.  The  L»rd  (ball  make  him  know 
the  ferrets  of  his  heart, 

The  wcnders  of  his  cov'nant  iliow, 
and  all  his  love  impart.  ' 

3.  The  dealings  of  his  hand 
are  truth  and  mercy  ft  ill 

With  fuch  as  to  his  cov'nant  (land, 
and  love  to  do  his  will. 

4.  Their  fouls  mail  dwell  at  eafe 
"before  their  Maker's  face  ; 

Their  feed  shall  tafte  the  promifes 
in  their  extenfive  grace. 

P   s    a    l    M   XXV.  15— 22.  The  Third  Part. 
Dlflrefs  of  Soul ;  or,   Backfllding   and  DeJtrtioTt. 
1 .  "JL  JjT  I  N  E  eyes  and  my  delire 

iVX   are  ever  to  the  Lord  ; 
I  love  to  plead  his  promifes, 

and  reft  upon  his  word. 

2.  Turn,  turn  thee  to  my  foul, 
bring  the  falvation  near  ; 

When  will  thy  hand  releafe  my  feet 
out  of  the  deadly  fiiare'? 

3.  When  mall  the  fov'reign  grace 
of  my  forgiving  God 

Rellore  me  from  thofe  dang'rous  ways 
mv  wand'iinir  feet  have  trod  f 

4.  The  tumult  of  my  thoughts 
doth  but  enlarge  mv  woe  ; 

My  fpirit  languishes,  my  heart 
is  defolate  and  low. 

5.  With  ev'ry  mdrnihg  light 
my  forrow  new  begins  ; 


5  8  P  S  A  t  M     XXV 

Look  on  my  angmffi  and  my  pain, 
and  pardon  all  ray  fins. 

Pause. 

6.  Behold  the  holts  of  hell 
how  cruel  is  their  hate  ? 
Againft  my  fife  tbey  1  i'c »,  and  join 
their  fury  with  deceit. 

7.  O  keep  my  foul  from  death, 
nor  put  my  hope  to  fhame, 

For  I  have  plac'd  my  only  trull 
In  my  redeemer's  name. 

8.  With  humble  faith  I  wait 
to  fee  thy  face  again  j 

Of  7/rV/it'mall  ne'er  he  faid,  ' 
he  {ought  the  Lord  in  vain. 

P   s   a    1    M      XXVI. 
Self-Examination  ;   or,  Evidences  cfGrzce. 

1.  TUDGE  me,  O  Lord,  and  prove  my  ways, 
J    And  try  my  reins,  and  try  my  heart; 

Bfv  faith  upon  thy  promife  itays, 
Nor  from  thy  law  my  feet  depart. 

2.  I  hate  to  walk,  I  hate  to  fit 
With  men  of  vanity  and  lyes  ; 
rJ  he  icofierand  the  hypocrite, 
Are  the  abhorrence  of  mine  eyes. 

3.  Amongft  thy  faints  will  I  appear, 
With  hands  well  wafn'd  in  innocence  ; 
But  when  I  (land  before  thy  bar, 
The  blood  of  Chrift  is  my  defence. 

4.  I  love  thy  habitation,  Lord, 

The  temple  where  thv  honours  dwell ; 
There  fhall  I  hear  thine  holy   word, 
And  there  thy  works  cf  wonder  tell. 


P  s  a  l  m    xxvi,  xxvii.  50 

£.  Let  not  my  foul  be  join'd  at  Jail 
\\ith  men  of  treach'ry  and  blood, 
Since  I  my  days  on  earth  have  palt 
Among  the  faints,   and  near  roj   God. 

P   s   a   l   ii     XXVII.     I -6.     The  Fir  ft  Part. 

The  Church  is  cur  Delight  and  Safety. 

1.  y  fi  ^  H  E  Lord  of  glory  is  my  light, 

I         and  my  faivation  too  ; 
God  is  my  llrength,   ncr  will  I  fear 
what  all  my  foes  can  do. 

2.  One  privilege  my  heart  deiires^ 
O  grant  me  an  abode 

Among  the  churches  of  thy  faints, 
the  temples  of  my  God  ! 

There  (hall  I  offer  my  requefb, 
and  fee  thy  beauty  ftill,       ' 
Uhall  hear  thv  menaces  of  love, 
and  there  enquire  thy  will. 

When  troubles  rife,  and  ftorms   appear, 
there  mav  his  children  bide  : 
God  has  a  (Iron g  pavilion  where 
he  makes  my  foul  abide. 

Now  (hall  rrvy  head  be  lifted  high 
above  my  foes  around. 
And  fouo;s  of  joy  and  victory, 
within  thy  temple  found. 

sal  M  XXVII.  8,  9,  13,  14.   Second  Part. 

Prayer    and  Hope. 

CJ  O  O  N  as  I  heard  my  father  fay, 
k^  "  Ye  children  feet  my  grace  ;" 
Vly  heart  reply 'd  without  delay, 

*  /'//  Peek  my  father' j  fate."' 


60  Fsal  m    xxvii,  xxix. 

2,.  Let  not  thy  face  be  hid  from  me, 

nor  frown  my  foul  away  ; 
God  of  my  life,  I  fly  to  thee 

in  a  dittrefling  day. 

3.  Should  friends   and  kindred  near  and  de?v 
leave  me  to  want,  or  die  ; 

My  God  would  make  my  hte  his  care, 
and  all  my  need  fupply. 

4.  My  fainting  flefli  had  dy\]  with  grief*, 
had  not  my  foul  heliev'd 

To  fee  thy  grace  provide  relief, 
nor  was  ray  hope  deceiv'd. 

5.  Wait  on  the  Lord  ye  trembling  faints, 
and  keep  your  courage  up, 

He'll  raife  your  fpirit  when  it  faints, 
and  far  exceeds  your  hope. 

The  28th  pfalm  has  fcarcc  any  thing  new,  but  what  is  repeated 
in  other  pfalms. 

P     S    A     L     M    XXIX. 

Storm   a?id  Thunder. 

1.  y^  I V  E  to  the  Lord,  ye  ions  of  fame, 
V.>   GiY-C  to  the  Lord  lenown  and  pow'r ; 

Afcribe  due  honours  to  his  name, 
And  his  eternal  might  adore. 

2.  The  Lord  proclaims  his  pow'r  aloud 
Over  the  ocean  and  the  land  ; 

His  voice  divides  tiie  wat'ry  cloud, 
And  light'nings  blaze  at  his  command, 

3.  He  fpeaks,  and  tempeft,  hail  and  win  J, 
Lay  (he  wide  forefts  bare  around  ; 

The  fearful  hart,  and  frighted  hind, 
Leap  at  the  terror  of  the  found. 
1 

4.  To  Leka?io?i  he  turns  his  voice, 
And,  lo  !  the  {lately  cedars  break  ; 


P  s  a   l  a     xxix,  xa\'.  6r 

rrhe  mountains  tremble  at  the  noife, 
The  vailies  roar,  the  deiarts  quake. 

c.  The  Lord  fits  (by'reign  on  the  flood, 
'J  he  thund'rer  reigns  for  ever  King  ; 
But  makes  his  church  his  Lleit  abode, 
Where  we  his  awful  o lories  lino-. 

6.   In  gentler  language  there  the  Lord 
The  counfels  of  his  grace  imparts ; 
Amidll  the  raoino  itorm  his  word 
Speaks  peace  and  courage  to  our  hearts. 

P  s  a   l   m     XXX.      Tie  Firfl  Part, 

Sicknefs  healed,  and  fcrrozv  remind. 

I.X  WILL  extol  thee,  Lord,  on  high, 

X  At  thy  command  difeaies  flv  ; 
"Who  but  a  God  can  fpeak  and  fave 
From  the  dark  borders  of  the  grave  ? 

2.  Sing  to  the  Lord,  ye  faints  of  his, 
And  tell  how  large  his  goodnefs  is  ; 
Let  all  your  powr's  rejoice  and  blels, 
While  you  record  liis  holinefs. 

3.  His  anger  but  a  moment  ftays, 
His  love  is  life  and  length  of  days ; 
Tho'  grief  and  tears  the  night  employ. 
The  morning  liar  reilores  the  joy. 

P  s   a   l   m      XXX.  ver.  6.     The  Second  Pari . 
Healthy  Sicknefs,  and  Recover}. 

iT™^IRM  was  my  health,  my  day  was  bright, 
X7     And  I  prefum'd  'twould  ne'er  be  night  $ 
Fondly  I  laid  within  my  heart, 
tot"  Pleafure  and  peace  Jhali  ne'er  depart" 

2,  But  I  forgot  thine  arm  was  flrong-, 
Which  made  my  mountain  (hind  fo  long  ; 
H 


62  P   S    A  L    m     xxs,   x.wu 

Soon  as  thy  face  began  to  hide, 
My  health  was  gone,  my  comfc 

?.   I  cry'd  aloud  to  thee,  mv  Go  J  ) 

u  What  can 'it  thou  profit  by  mv  blood  ? 

€€  Deep  in  the  d  declare 

e€  Thy  truth,  or  ling  thy  goodnefs  there  ? 

4.  u  Hear  me,  O  God  of  grace  !   I  laid, 
K<  And  brin;r  nie  from  among  the  dead  :" 
Thv  word  rebnk'd  the  pains  i  felt, 

Thy  pard'ning  love  removed  my  guilt. 

7.  My  groans,  and  tears,  and  forms  of  .woe, 
Areturn'd  to  ]oy  and  praifes  now  ; 
I  throw  my  fackcloth  011  the  ground, 
And  eafe  and  odadnefs  ojrd  me  round. 

6.   My  tongue,  the  glory  of  my  frame, 
Shall  ne'er  be  filent  of  thy  name  ; 
Thy  praife  (hall  found  thro' earth  and  heaven, 
For  ficknefs  heal'd  and  fins  forgiv'n. 

Psalm  XXXI.  5,  13—19,  22,  23.  Firjl  P<*rj. 
Deliverance  from  Deatri. 

1.  TNTO  thine  hand,  O  God  of  truth, 
J_   my  fpirit  I  commit  ; 

Thou  haft  redeem'd  my  foul  from  death, 
and  fav'd  me  from  the  pit. 

2.  The  paflions  of  my  hope  and  fear 
mointain'd  a  doubtful  ft  rife, 

While  forrow,  pain  and  fin,  confpir'd 
to  take  away  my  life. 

5.  cc  My  times  are  in  thine  ha?id,  I  cry'd, 
"  tho*  I  draw  neA  ■'  ;" 

Thou  art  the  refuge  where  I  hide, 
the  God  in  whom  I  tiuft. 


:'.ed  face 
upon  t1i  i*M*j 

And  lave  me  for  thy  u.ercy-iake, 
for  I'm  intirely  thine. 

?    h    0    ! 

5.  f  Twas  in  my  baae  irk  fkidj 
"  Imufl  defpair  and  die; 

"  I  am  cut  off  before  thine  eyes  ;" 
but  thou  halt  heard  my  cry,] 

6.  Thy  good ne is  how  divinely  free  J 
how  wond'rous  is  thy  grace, 

To  thofe  that  fear  thy  majeity, 
and  truit  thy  promifes ! 

7.  O  love  the  Lord,  all  ve  his  feints, 

and  ring  his  praifes  loud  ; 
He'll  bend  his  ear  to  your  complaints, 
and  recompence  the  proud. 

P  s  a  l  m.  XXXI.  7—12,  18— 21.   Second  Paril 
Deliverance  from  Slander  and  Reproach. 

MY  heart  rejoices  in  thy  name, 
my  God,  my  help,  my  truit  -, 
Thou  haft  preferv'd  my  face  from  in  a  me, 
mine  honour  from  the  duft. 

1.   "  My  life  is  fpent  with  grief,  I  cry'cj, 
"  my  years  confum'd  in  groans  : 

*  My  itrength  decays,  mine  eves  are  dry'd, 
M  and  forrow  waltes  my  bones. " 

2*  Among  mine  enemies  my  name 

was  a  mere  proverb  grown, 
While  to  my  neighbours  I  became 

forgotten  and  unknown. 

4.   Slander  and  fear  on  ev'ry  fide^ 
feiz'd  and  beiet  me  round  j 
H  2 


&4  P  S  A  L  M      xxxi,  xxxTL, 

I  to  the  throne  of  grace  apply 'd, 
and  ipeedy  refcue  found. 

P  a  u  s  &; 

5.  How  great  deliverance  thou  haft  wrought 
before  the  for.s  of  men  ! 

The  lying  lips  to  filence  brought, 
and  made  their  boaftings  vain  ! 

6.  Thy    children,  from  the  ftrife  of  tongues. 
Shall  thy  pavilion  hide, 

Guard  them  from  infamy  and  wrongs, 
and  crufh  the  fous  of  pride. 

7-   Within  'try  fecret   prefence,  Lord, 
lei  me  forever  dwell  ; 

Gaeed  city,  wail'd  and  barr'd, 
fccures  a  faint  fo  well. 

! '.  .re  nscch  tr^nfpofl-d  th?  parts  of  l  •.  thit  I  rnig*? 

'.'"!:tc  the  vc.-H  3  nfthe  fame  fenfc  and   ijtjjct    r.  rarer  togel ;  1 
♦  .  them  inrotwo  divine  hymns* 


P  s  a  l  M     XXXII.     Short    Metre. 

Forgive?! eft  of Sin  upon  Confeffion. 

x't^\  BLESSED  fetus  are  they 
V*>      whole  feis  are  cover  \1  o'er  J 
Divinely  bleit,  to  whom  the  Lord 
imputes  their  guilt  no  more  • 

2.    They  mourn  their  follies  paft, 
and.  free,}  their  hearts- with  car*  \ 
Their  lips  and  lives  without  deceit,. 
mall  prove  their  faith  fincere. 

9.  While  I  conceal'J  my  guiir, 
I  felt  the  feft'ring  wound, 
'Till  IconfeiVd  my  fins  to  th.ee,. 
itfcd  ;eady  pardon  found*. 


Psalm     xxxii.  65 

4.   Let  Tinners  learn  to  prav, 
let  faints  keep  ne  ir  the  throne  ; 
Our  help,  in  times  of  deep  ditlrefs, 
is  found  in  God  alone. 

P   s   a   l  ^     XXXII.     Common  Metre. 

Ft tt  Pardon,  and  Jincire   Obedience  \   or,  Cwfef* 
fian  and  Forgiyenejs* 

I.  TJAPPY   tlie  man  to  wliom  his  God 

~JL  no  more  imputes  his  hn, 

But  wahVd  in  the  Redeemer's  blood, 

hath  made  his  garments  clean  ! 

12.  Happy  beyond  expreffion   he, 
whole  debts  are  thus  difcharg'd  ; 

And,  from  the  guilty  bondage  free, 
he  feels  his  foul«enlarg'd. 

3.  His  fpirit  hates  deceit  and  Jies, 
his  words  are  all  fin  cere  ; 

He  guards  his  heart,  he  guards  his  evesr 
to  keep  his  conscience  clear. 

4.  While  I  my  inward  guilt  fuppreft, 
no  quiet  could  I  find  -, 

Thy  wrath  lay  burning  in  my  breaft, 
and  rack'd  my  tortur'd  mind. 

5.  Then  I  confefs'd  my  troubled  thoughts, 
my  fee ret  tins  reveai'd  ; 

Thy  pard'ning  grace  forgave  nay  faults, 
thy  grace  my  pardon  feaPd. 

6.  This  (hall  invite  thy  faints  to  prn v. 
when,   like  a  raging  flood, 

Temptations  rife,  our  itrength  ai 
is  a  fbr^ivixra  God. 
H  3 


6&  I?    S     A     L     U     XXX l\. 

Psalm  XXXII.  Fir  ft  Part.  Long  Met*** 

Repentance  and  Free    Pardon  ;    or,    Juflificathm 

and  Sancltficatton. 

I  v  "O  LEST  is  the  man,  forever  bleft, 

|3   Whoft  guilt  is  pardon'd  by  Iiis  God, 
Whofe  fins  with  fbrrow  are  con  feft'd, 

And  cover'd  with  his  Saviour's  blood. 

2.  Bleft  is  the  man  to  whom  the  Lord 
Imputes  not  his  iniquities,   . 

He  pleads  no  merit  of  reward, 
And  not  on  works,   but  grace  relies. 

3.  From  guile  his  heart  and  lips  are  free,. 
His  humble  jay,  his  holy  fear, 

With  deep  repentance  well  agree, 
And  join  to  prove  his  faith  (incere. 

4.  How  glorious  is  tbat-rigJiteopfiiefi,, 

That  hides  and  cancels  all  his  fins  ! 
While  a  bright  evidence  of  grace, 
Thro*  his  wh*Ie  life  appears  and  mines.. 

Thcfe  two  fir  ft  verfes  ot  this  pfa'm.  being  cited  by  the  apoftle  m  ■ 
the  4th  chapter  of  Romans,  to  (hew  the  freedom  of  our  pardon  and  . 
juftification  by  grace  without  work-,  I  have  in  this  /erfidn  of  it, 
enlarged  the  fenfe,  bv  mention  of  the  blood  ot  Chrijt,  and  raitn  and 
repentance;  and  becaufe  the  PCilmili  adds,  a  f pint  m  which  is  no 
s£vi.'~,  I  have  inferted  that  lincere  obedience,  wLLh  ii  a  (cnptoral 
evidence  of  our  faith  and  jufiificat:on. 

Psalm   XXXII.  Second  Part.  Long  Metre. 

Si    ginlty    Confcience    eafed    by    Conjejjion     and 

Pardon. 

1.  VttHILE  I  keep  (ilence  and  conceal 

VV     My  heavy  guilt  within  my  heart, 
What  torment,  doth   my  confcience  feel  ! 
What  agonies  of  inward  fmart ! 

o  • 

2.  I  fpread  my  fins  before  the  Lord, 
And  all  my  fecret  faults  contefs  ; 


P  s  a  L  M     xxxi i,  xxxiii.  6-7 

Thy  gofpcl  f peaks  a  ptfru'ning  word, 
Thine  holy  (pint  feais  the  grace. 

2.    Foi  this  ihall  ev'rv  humble  foul 
Make  fwift  addrehes  to  thy  (cat  } 
When  floods  of  huge  temptation  roll, 
There  Ihall  they  find  a  bieit  retreat. 

4.   How  fafe  beneath  thy  wings   I  lie, 
When  days  grow  dark,  and  itorms  appear; 
And  when  I  walk,   thy  watchful  eye 
Shall  guide  me  late  from  ev'ry  ihare. 

Psalm  XXXIII..   Firji  Part,   Common    Metre. 
Works  of  Creation  and  Providence* 

1.  V>  EJOICE,  ye  righteous,  in  the  Lord,. 
£\^  this  work  belengs  to  you  : 

Sing  of  his  name,  his  ways,  his  word, 
how  holy,  juii,  and  true  ! 

2.  Kis  mercy  and  his  righteoufhefs 
let  Heav'n  and  earth  proclaim  ; 

His  works  of  iiature,  and  of  grace, 
Reveal  his  wond'rous  name. 

3.  His  wifdom  and  almighty  word, 
the  heav'nly  arches  fpread  , 

And,  by  the  i'pirit  of  the  Lord, 
their  ihining  hous  were  made. 

4.  He  bid  the  liquid  waters  flow 
to  their  appointed  deep  ; 

The  flowing  feas  their  limits  know, 
and  their  own  flation  keep. 

5*.  Ye  tenants  of  the  fpacions  earth, 

with  fear  before  him  (land  ; 
He  {pake,   and  nature  took  its  birth,.,  ^ 

and  reds  on  his  command. 


A 


68  Psalm    xxxiii. 

6.   He  fcarns  the  angrv  nations  rage, 
and  breaks  ttiefr  vain  defions  ; 

His  couniel  (hinds  thro'  ev'ry  age, 
and  in  full  glory  filings. 

P  s  a  l  m     XXX I II.    flfc  5^o;/i  Part, 
Common   Metre. 

Creatures    vain,    and  God  AH-fitflicitrft. 

1.  TTJLEST  is  the  nation  where  the  Lord 
|3   hath  fix'd  his  glorious  throne  : 

Where  he  reveals  his  heav'nly  word, 
and  calls  their  tribes  his  own. 

2.  His  eye,  with  infinite  furveyr 
does  the  whole  world  behold  ; 

He  form'd  us  all  of  equal  clay, 
and  knows  our  feeble  mould. 

g.  Kings  are  not  refcu'd  by  the  force 

of  armies  from  the  grave  ; 
Nor  fpeed  nor  courage  of  an  horfe, 

can  the  bold  rider  fave. 

4.  Vain  is  the  Urength  of  beafts  or  men, 
to  hope  for  fafety  thence  ; 

But  holy  fouls  from  God  obtain 
a  ltrong  and  fure  defence. 

5.  God  is  their  fear,   and  God  their  truft. 
when  plagues  cr  f  amine  fpread  ; 

His  watchful  eye  fecures  the  jail, 
among  ten  thoufand  dead. 

6.  Lord,  let  our  hearts  in  thee  rejoice, 
and  blefs  us  from  thy  throne  ; 

For   ve  have  made  thy  word  cur  choice, 
and  truit  thy  grace  alone. 


Psalm     xxxiii,  6<? 

PlALM  XXXIII.  As  the  113th  Malm,  Ftrji  Part. 

Works  of  Creation,  and  Providence. 
i.^^E  holy  fouls  in  God  rejoice, 

JL   Your  Maker's  praiie  becomes  your  vo\£C? 

Great  is  your  theme,  your  longs  be  new  -y 
Sing  of  his  name,  his  word,  his  ways, 
His  works  of  nature  and' of  grace, 

How  wife  and  holy,  juft  and  true! 

2.  Juftice  and  truth  he  eyer  loves, 

And  the  whole  earth  his  goodnefs  proves, 
His  word  the  heav'nlv  arches  fpread  ; 

How  wide  they  mine  from  north  to  foutbj 

And,  by  the  iprrit  of  his  mouth, 
V,  ere  .ill  the  ftavry  armies  made. 

3.  He  gathers  the  wide  flowing  feas, 
Thole  w&t*  :; res  know  their  place, 

In  theyait  icorehonle  of  the  deep. 

He  {pake,  and  gjave  all  nature  birth, 
Aim  ^res,  and  leas,  and  heav'n,  and  earthy 
His  sverlaiting  orders  keep. 

4.  Let  mortals  tremble  and  adore 
A' God  of  fach  rei:  [clefs  pow'r, 

Nor  dare  indulge  their  feeble  rage  : 
Vain  are  yonrtho'ts,  and  weak  your  bands, 
But  his  eternal  counfel  Hands, 

And  rules  the  world  from  age  to  age. 

Psalm  XXXIII.  As   the  113th  Pf.  Second  Part 

Creatures  vain,  and  God  All-Sufficient* 
HAPPY  nation,  where  the  Lord 
Rrveals  the  treafure  of  his  word, 
And  builds  his  church,  his  earthly  rhrone  ! 
His  eye  the  heathen  world  furveys, 
He  formVi  their  hearts,  he   knows  their  ways. 
Eat  God  their  maker  is  unknown. 


7~  l*  S  rxxiii,    \*xxir, 

2.   I  rclv  ujVMi  their  hofb, 

And  o  reugth  tlie  champion  boafts 

In  vain  they  boaft,  in  vain  relv  : 
In  vain  we  trutt  tlie  brutal  force, 
Or  {])ecJ.   or  i  ftorfV, 

To  guard  his  rider,  or  to  Hv. 

;.   The  eye  b£  thy  compa'dio:*,  Lor  J, 
Doth  more  fecure  defence  atford 

When  deaths  or  dangers  threat 'nin<i  ft  and  . 
Thy  watchful  eve  preferves  the  jull, 
Who  make  thy  name  their  fear  and   tru(tx 

When  wars  or  funine  wafte  the  land. 

4.   In  ficknefs,  or  the  bloody  field, 
Thou  our  phvfician,  thou  our  ihield, 

Send  u^  falvation  from  thy  throne  5 
We  wait  t<>  fee  thy  goodnefi  mine  ; 
Let  us  rejoice  in  help  divine, 

For  all  our  hope  is  God  alone. 

P  s  a  l  M  XXXIV.  Fir;:  Tar:.   Long  Metre. 
God*s  Ca  its ;  or  D:  :   by 

I.J     ORD,  I  will  Wei!  thee  all  my   day's, 

J jThj  1  mv  tongue  j 

My  foul  Ihall  gloi  .   m  thygrace, 
While  faints  rejoice  10  bear  the  ^mg- 

2.   Come,  magnify  the  Lord  with  me, 
Come,   let  us  all  ex.iit  his  name; 
I  fought  th'  eternal  God,  and  he 
lias  not  &i  1  v  hope  fo  fname. 

r.   I  told  hi  0  all  mv  frcret  grief, 
M-.  wiring  reach'd  his  ears  ; 

He  rt  .;ef, 

And  calm'd  the  tumult  of  my  fears. 


V   s  xxx iv.  71 

,e  poor  Yitz  up  their  eyes, 
Their  faces  feel  the  he  hie  ; 

A  beam  of  1  ies, 

Fills  them  v,  it Ii  li  ;ie. 

•:.   His  holy  angels  pitch    their  tea 
Around  the  men  th:it  ierve  the  Lord, 
O  fear  and  love  him,   all  his  faints, 
Taite  of  his  grace,  a:-d'truil  his  word, 

^).  The  wild  young  lions,  pinch  pain 

And  hunger,  roar  thro5  all  the  wood, 
But  none  flin.Il  feek  the  Lord  in  vain, 
Nor  want  (applies  of  real  good. 

Psalm  XXXIV.   11—22.  Secomd  Pari. 
Long  Metre. 

Religious  Education  ;   or,    7 
■T.y^^Hildren  in  years  and  knowledge  young, 

\^>   Your  parents  hope,  your  parents  joy, 
Attend  the  counfels  of  my  tongue, 
Let  pious  thoughts  younninds  employ. 

2.  If  you  defire  a  length  of  da; 
And  peace  to  crown  your  mortal  (rate, 
Reft  rain  your  feet  from  impious  ways, 
Your  lips  from  flander  and  deceit. 

c.   The  eyes  of  God  regard  his  faints, 
His  ears  are  open  to  their  cries ; 
He  fets  his  frowning  face  again fl 
The  fons  of  violence  and  lyes. 

4.  To  humble  fouls  and  broken  hearts, 
God  with  his  grace  is  ever  nigh  ; 
Pardon  and  hope  his  love  imparts, 
When  men  in  deep  contrition  lie. 

5.  Jrle  tells  their  tears,  he  counts  their  groans 
His  foil  redeems  their  fouls  from  death  s 


72  Psalm    xxxiv. 

HisTuirit  heals  their  broken  bones, 
They  in  his  praife  employ  their  breath. 

Psalm      XXXIV.  i 10.  Fir  ft  Part. 

Common  Metre. 

Prayer  and  Praife  for  eminent  Deliverance. 

I. T'LI.  bit  P.  the  Lord  from  day  to  day  ; 

R       Kow  good  are  all  his  ways  ! 
Ye  :  nils  that  nfe  to  pray, 

come,   help  my  lips  to  praife. 

2.  Sing  to  (he  honour  of  his  name, 
hoW  a  poorfufferer  c. 

Noi  was  his  hope  expos'd  to  fhame, 
nor  was  his  fuit  deny'd. 

3.  When  threatening  forrows  round  me  flood1, 
and  endlef*  tears  aroie, 

Like  the  loud  billows  of  a  flood,' 
redoubling  all  my  woes) 

4.  I  told  the  Lord  my  fore  diftrefi 
with  heav\  groans  and  tears, 

He  gave  my  iharpeft  torments  eafe, 
and  filenc'd  all  my  fears. 

Pa   u   s   e. 

5.  [O  finners  come  and  taite  his  love, 
come,  learn  his  pleafant  ways, 

And  let  your  own  experience  prove 
the  fweetneis  of  his  grace. 

6.  He  bids  his  angels  pitch  their  tents 
round  where  his  children  dwell; 

What  ills  their  heav'nly  care  prevents, 
no  earthly  rongue  can  tell. 

7.  [O  love  the  Lord,  ye  faints  of  his; 
his  eye  regards  the  juJd  ,♦ 


Psalm     xxxir.  73 

How  richly  Med  their  portion  is, 
who  make  the  Lord  their  trait! 

8*  Young  lions  pinchVl  with  hunger  roar, 

and  famifh  in  the  wood  ; 
But  God  fupplies  his  holy  poor, 

with  ev'ry  needful  good.] 

Psalm     XXXIV.    11 12.  Second  Part. 

Common  Metre. 

Exhortations  to  Peact  and  Holimfs. 

I./nOME,  children,  learn  to  fear  the  Lord, 
\^j      and  that  your  days  be  long, 

Let  not  a  falfe  or  fpiteful  word, 
be  found  upon  your  tongue,    . 

2.  Depart  from  mifchief,  practice  love, 
purfue  the  works  of  peace  ; 

So  (hall  the  Lord  your  ways  approve, 
and  fet  your  fouls  at  eafe. 

3.  His  eyes  awake  to  guard  the  juft, 
his  ears  attend  their  cry  ; 

When  broken  fpirits  dwell  in  duft, 
the  God  of  grace  is  nigh. 

4.  What  tho'  the  forrows  here  they  tafte 
are  (harp  and  tedious  too, 

The  Lord,  who  faves  them  all  at  laft, 
is  their  fupporter  now.  4 

5.  Evil  (hall  finite  the  wicked  dead  -, 
but  God  fecures  his  own, 

Prevents  the  mifchief  when  they  Aide, 
or  heals  the  broken  bone. 

6.  When  defolation,  like  a  flood, 
o'er  the  proud  (inner  rolls, 

Saints  find  a  refuge  in  their  God, 
for  he  redeem'd  their  fouls. 

I 


I 


74  1*   s    A   t    M    xxxv. 

Psalm     XXXV.  i—cj.  The  Third  Pari. 

Prayer  and  Faith  of  perfecuted  Saints  ;  ©r,  Impre- 
cations mixed  'with  Charity, 
I-  "VT  O  W  plead  my  caufe,  almighty  God, 

1  >       with  all  the*  Tons  of  it  rife  ; 
And  fight  again  ft  the  men  of  blood, 

who  fight  againft  my  life. 

2>.  Draw  ont  thy  ipear  and  ftop  their  way, 

lift  thine  avenging  rod  ; 
But  to  my  foul  in  mercy  fay, 

cc  I  am  thy  Saviour-Cod.'' 

g.  They  plant  their  fnares  to  catch  my    feet, 

and  nets  of  mifchief  fpread  ; 
Plunge  the  deftroyers  in  the  pit 

that  their  own  hands  have  made. 

4.  Let  fogs  and  darknefs  hide  their  way, 
and  ilipp'ry  be  their  ground  , 

Thy  wrath  fhall  make  their  lives  a  prey, 
and  all  their  rage  confound. 

5.  They  fly  like  chaff  before  the  wind, 
before  thine  angry  breatli  ; 

The  angel  of  the  Lord  behind 
purfues  them  down  to  death. 

6.  They  love  the  road  that  leads  to  hell; 
then  let  the  rebels  die, 

Whole  malice  is  implacable, 
againft  the  Lord  on  high 

7.  But  if  thou  haft  a  cliofen  few 
among!!:  that  impious  race  ; 

mU'ide  them  from  the  bloody  crew, 
bf  thy  furprifmg  grace. 

£ .   Then  will  I  raife  my  tuneful  voice, 
to  make  thy  wonders  known  ; 
their  falvarion  I'll  rejoice, 
•     and  blcii  thee  for  my  own. 


P  s   a   l   If.     ::xxv.  75 

LI  David  ufes  agarnft  hisad- 
e  pfrlm,   I    have    e  to  turn  the  edge  of 

from  perfaajrf  enemies   agiinft  the   implacable 
•  !od  in  rhe  «  fc 

pirit  of  the  goff  ere  fur- 

thele    imprc.  . 
petition   ;or    -  r.pf>ears 

fo  conipkooos  in  the  12th, 
that  I  could  not  forl^ 

enlar^i:  L  vt    to    our 

itttfded    o  p^:   . 


P  s  a  l  M   XXXV.  Vcr*  12,  13,  14.  Second  Part 

to    Enemies  ;    or,     the    Love   of    Chrift  ts 
Sinners  typify  i  In  David. 

T.  "T>  EHOLD  the  love  the  gen'rous  love, 

j]3      that  holy  David  (hows  ; 
Hark  how  his  founding  bowels  move, 

to  his  afflicted  fbes  ! 

2.  When  they  are  fick,  his  foul  complain*, 
and  Teems  to  feel  the  fmart  : 

The  fpirit  of  the  gofpel  reigns, 
and  melts  his  pious  heart. 

3.  How  did  his  flowing  tears  condole, 
as  for  a  brother  dead  ! 

And  falling  mortify 'd  his  foul, 
while  for  their  life  he  pray'd. 

4.  They  groan'd  j  and  curil  him  on  their  bed, 
yet  dill  he  pleads  and  mourns; 

And  double  ble  flings  on  his  head 
the  riohteous  God  returns. 

c.  O  glorious  type   of  heav'nly  grace  ! 

thus  Chrift  the  Lord  appears  ; 
While  finners  curie,  the  Saviour  prays, 

and  pities  them  with  tears. 

4.  He  the  true  David.  I/'Vel's  king, 
blelt  and  belov'd  of  God, 
I   2 


Jo  P   s    a    l   ;j    xxxv,   xxx vi . 

To  fare  us  rebels  clean  in  fin, 
paid  his  own  deareit  blood. 

Sec  tl  p'a'm.     Stan.    I.  Sounding 

in  a  fcriptural roetaj  ill.  15. 

P  s  a  l  M      XXXVI.   5 — 9.    Long  Metre. 

The  PtrfeStons  and  Fr  evidence   of  Cod ;  or,  £?• 
*fftf/  Providence    and  Special  Grace. 

1.  T  T  I  G  H  in  the  heav'ns,  eternal  God, 
JlJL  Thy  goodnefs  in  full  glory  (bines  j 

Thy  truth  (hall  break  thro'  ev'ry  cloud 
That  veils  and  darkens  thy  defigns. 

2.  For  ever  firm  thy  juftice  Hands, 
As  mountains  their  foundations  keep  ; 
Wife  are  the  wonders  of  thy  hand  ; 
Thy  judgments  are  a  mighty  deep. 

3»  Thy  providence  is  kind  and  large, 
Both  man  and  beatt  thy  bounty  (hare  j 
The  whole  creation  is  thy  charge, 
But  faints  are  thy  peculiar  care. 

4.  My  God  !  how  excellent  thy  grace  ; 
Whence  all  our  hope  and  comfort  iprings  ! 
The  ions  of  Adam  in  diltrefs 

Fly  to  the  ihadow  of  thy  wings. 

5.  From  the  provifions  of  thy  houfe 
We  mall  be  ied  with  iweet  repalt ; 
There  mercy  like  a  river  flows, 
And  brings  falvation  to  our  talle. 

6.  Life,  like  a  fountain  rich  and  free, 
Springs  from  the  pretence  of  my  Lord; 
And  in  thy  light  our  fouls  (hall  fee 
The  glories  promis'd  in  thy  word.. 


Psalm    xxxvi.  77 

Psalm     XXXVI.  Ver.   i,  2,   $,  6,   1,  9. 
Common    Metre. 

Tratttcal   Athe'ifm   expojed ;    or,  The   being    and 
Attributes  of  God  averted. 

1.  T-i  -rHILE  men  grow  bold  in  wicked  ways, 

V V     and  yet  a  Gocl  tliey  owll> 

My  heart  within  me  often  lays, 

'"  their  thoughts  believe  there's  none." 

2.  Their  thoughts  and  ways  at  once  declare, 
(whate'er  their  lips  profefs.) 

God  hath  no  wrath  for  them  to  fear, 
nor  will  they  leek  his  grace. 

3.  What  ftrange  felf-flatt'ry  blinds  their  eyes! 
but  there's  a  haft'ning  hour, 

When  they  (hall  fee  with  fore  furprize, 
the  terrors  of  thy  pow'r. 

4.  Thy  juftice  fliall  maintain  its  throne, 
tho'  mountains  melt  away  ; 

Thy  judgments  are  a  world  unknown, 
a  deep  nnfathom'd  fea. 

f .  Above  thefe  heav'ns  created  rounds 

thy  mercies,  Lord,  extend  ; 
Thy  truth  out- lives  the  narrow  bounds 

where  time  and  nature  end. 

6.  Safety  to  man  thy  goodnefs  brings, 
nor  overlooks  the  beaft  ; 

Beneath  the  fhadow  of  thy  wings 
thy  children  chufe  to  reft. 

7.  [From  thee,  when  creature-ftreams  run  low, 
and  moral  comforts  die, 

Perpetual  fpr'ngs  of  life  ihall  flow, 
and  raiie  our  pleafures  high. 

5.  Tho'  all  created  light  decay, 
and  death  clofe  up  our  eyes, 


L 


78  Psalm     xxxyi. 

Thy  prefence  makes  enernal  clay, 
where  clouds  can  never  rife.] 

V   s   a   l   M   XXXVI.      1  —  7.     Short  Metre. 

Tb$  Wickednefs  of  Man,  and  the  Majefly  of  Cod* 
or,  practical  Athe'ifm  expofed. 
I.TT7  H  EN  man  grows  bold  in  fin, 
\  V     my  heart  within  me  cries, 
"   He  hath  no  faith  of  God  within, 
"   nor  fear  before  liis  eyes." 

2.    [He  walks  a  while  conceal'd 
in  a  lelf-flatt'ring  dream, 
"Till  his  dark  crimes  at  once  reveal'd, 
expofe  his  liateful  name.] 

^.   His  h-eart  is  falfe  and  foul, 
his  words  are  fmooth  and  fair  ; 
Wildom  is  baniilfd  from  his  foul, 
and  leaves  no  goodne£>  there. 

4.  He  plots  upon  his  bed 
new  mifchiefs  to  fulfil  ; 

He  fets  his  heart,  and  hand,  and  head,, 
to  pracl:ife  all  that's  ill. 

5.  But  there's  a  dreadful  God 
tho'  men  renounce    his  fear  ; 

Hi*;  j'lllice  hid   behind  the  cloud, 
fliall  one  great  day  appear. 

6.  His  truth  trafcends  the  fky, 
in  heav'n  his  mercies  dwell  ; 

Deep  as  the  fea  his  judgments  He, 
bis  anger  burns  to  hell. 

7.  Ho  v  excellent  his  love, 
whence  all  our  fafety  fprings! 

O  never  let  my  foul  remote 
from  underneath  his  wing*! 


I 


Psalm      xxxvii.  79 

Psalm  XXXVII.   1 15.    Firfl   Part. 

The  Cure  of  Envy,  Fretfu/nefs,  and  Unbelief ;  or> 
the  Regards  of  the  Righteous  and  the  Wicked  :  ov> 
The  world's  Hatred,  and  the  Saint's  Patience. 

I.VT  7  H  Y  fliould  I  vex  my  foul  and  fret 

\  V     to  *ee  tne  wicked  rife  ? 
Or  envy  finners  waxing  great 

by  violence  and  lies  ? 

2.  As  flow'ry  grail  cut  down  at  noon, 
before  the  evening  fades, 

So  (hall  their  glorieo  vaniih  foon 
in  everlalting  fhades. 

3.  Then  let  me  make  the  Lord  my  truftj 
and  parc~tice  all  that's  good  ; 

So  (hall  I  dwell  a  nong  the juft, 
and  he'lj  provide  me  food. 

4.  I  to  my  God  my  ways  commit, 
and  chearful  wait  his  will  : 

Thy  hand,   which  guides  my  doubtful  feet, 
inall  my  deli  res  fulfil. 

5.  Mine  innocence  (halt  thou  difplay, 
and  make  thy  judments  known, 

Fair  as  the  light  of  dawning  day, 
and  glorious  as  the  noon. 

6.  The  meek  at  lad  the  earth  pofTefs, 
and  are  the  heirs  of  heav'n  ; 

True  riches,   with  abundant  peaceA 
to  humble  fouls  are  giv'n. 

Pause. 

7.  Reft  in  tha  Lord  and  keep  his  wajr^ 
ncr  let  your  anger  rife, 

Tho*  providence  fliould  long  delay 
to  puuilh  haughty  vice* 


So  Psalm       xxxvii. 

8.  Lct'finners  join  to  break  your  peace, 
and  plot,   and  rage,  and  foam  ; 

The  Lord  derides  them,  for  he  fees 
their  day  of  vengeance  come. 

9.  They  have  drawn  out  the  threatening  ftvord, 
have  bent  the  murd'rous  bow, 

To  ilav  the  men  that  fear  the  Lord, 
and  bring  the  righteous  low. 

10.  Mv  God  fliall  break  their  bows  and  bura- 
their  perfecuting  darts, 

Shall  their  own  fwords  againft  them  turn, 
and  pain    furprize  their  hearts. 

I   have   turned    the    divine   inftruftions  at  the  ke^irming   of  this- 
pfalminto  the  form  of  holy  purpoils,  as  more    affecting  and    lively. 

Psalm  XXXVII.  16,  21,26,-31.    Second  Part- 

Charity   to   the  Poor ;   or,  Religion  in  Wards  and 
Deed. 

1.  TT  ?HY  do  the  wealthy  wicked  hoaft, 

\  V        and  grow  profanely  bold  ? 
The  meaneit  portion  of  the  juil, 
excels  the  iimier's  gold. 

2.  The  wicked  borrows  of  his  friends, 
but  ne'er  defigns  to  pay  -y 

The  faint  is  merciful  and  Jends, 
nor  turns  the  poor  away. 

g.   His  alms  with  lib'ral  heart  lie  gives 

amonglt  the  ions  of  need  : 
His  mcm'ry  to  long  ages  lives, 

and  bleffed  is  his  {eti\. 

4.   His  lips  abhor  to  talk  profane, 

toflander  or  defraud  ; 
His  ready  tongue  declares  to  men, 

what  he  has  learnt  oi  God, 


Psalm     xxxvii.  St 

5.  The  law  and  gofpel  of  the  Lord 
deep  in  his  heart  abide  ; 

Led  by  the  fpirit  and  the  word, 
his  feet  (hall  never  Hide. 

6.  When  finners  fall,  the  righteous  Hand, 
preferv'd  from  ev'ry  fnare  ; 

They  (hall  poffefs  the  promifs'd  land, 
and  dwell  for  ever  there. 


Psalm  XXXVII.     23  —  37.     Third  Part. 
The  Way  and  End  of  the  Righteous  and  Wicked* 
i,\   f  Y  God,  the  fteps  of  pious  men 

XVJL    are  order'd  by  thy  will  ; 
Tho'  they  mould  fall,  they  rife  again, 
thy  handfupports  them  ft  ill. 

2.  The  Lord  delights  to  fee  their  ways, 
their  virtue  he  approves  ; 

He'll  ne'er  deprive  them  of  his  grace, 
nor  leave  the  men  he  loves. 

3.  The  heav'nly  heritage  is  theirs, 
their  portion  and  their  home  ; 

He  feeds  them  now,  and  makes  them  heir* 
of  bleflings  long  to  come. 

4.  Wait  on  the  Lord,  ye  fons  of  men, 
nor  fear  when  tyrants  frown  ; 

Ye  (hall  confefs  their  pride  was  vain, 
when  jultice  calls  them  down. 

Pause. 

5.  The  haughty  (inner  have  I  (een, 
nor  fearing  man  nor  God, 

Like  a  tall  bay-tree,  fair  and  green, 
fpreading  his  arms  abroad. 

6.  And  lo  !  hevaniftVd  from  the  ground, 
deitroy'd  by  hands  unfe^n  ; 


32  Psalm     Xxkvu,  xxxviii; 

Nor  root,  nor  branch,,  nor  leaf  v.  as  foundr 
where  all  that  pride  had  been. 

?.    But  mark  the  man  of  righteoafhefs, 

his  feyV/il  fteps  attend, 
True  pieafure  runs  thro'  all  his  ways 

and  peaceful  in  his  end. 

TJiis  long  Pfalm  abounds  with  uf  eful  initmctions,  and  encourage- 
ments 10  piety,  but  the  veifo  arc  very  much  unconnected, 
dependent:   Vherefore  ?-f*ve  contracVl  and   tranfpofed*  them  to* 

as  to  reduce  them  to  three  Hymns  of  a  moderate  length  and    with 
fome  connexion -of  the  fe:ifc.- 

Psalm     XXXVIII. 

Guilt  of 'Con fit 'ev.ee,  and  Relief  \  or,   Repent  an-se 
aad  Fray er  for  Pardon  and  Health. 

1.  A  MIDST  thy  wrath  remember  love,. 
jf~\      rettore  thy  fervant,  Lord  ; 

Nor  let  a  father's  chanVning  prove 
like  an  avenger's  fword. 

2.  Thine  arrows  ltick  within  my  heart, 
my  flefh  is  forely  preit.4 

Between  the  forrow  and  the  imart,< 
my  fpirit  rinds  110  relh 

3.  My  fins  a  heavy  load  appear, 
and  o'er  my  head  are  gone  ; 

Too  heavy  they  for  me  to  bear, 
too  hard  for  me  t'atone. 

4.  My  thoughts  are  like  a  troubled  fea, 
my  head  ftill  bending  down  ; 

And  I  go  mourning  all  the  day, 
*  beneath  my  father's  frown. 

5.  Lord,  I  am  weak  and   broken  fore, 
none  of  my  pow'rs  are  whole  ; 

The  inward  anguiih  makes  me  roar, 
the  anguifli  of  my  fouL 


P  5  a  l  M   xxxviii,    xxxix.  3; 

£.  All  my  defire  to  thee  is  known, 

thine  eve  counts  ev'ry  tear, 
Ami  ev'ry  fi^h,   and  ev'ry  groan, 

is  notic'd  by  thine  car. 

7.  Thou  art  my  God,   my    only  hope, 
my  God  will  hear  my  cry  , 

My  God  -will  bear  my  ipirit  up, 
when  Jatan  bids  me  die. 

8.  [My  foot  is  ever  apt  to  Hide, 
my  foes   rejoice  to  fee't  ; 

They  raife  their  pleafure  aud  their  pride, 
when  they  fupplant  my  feet. 

o.  But  I'll  confefs  my  guilt  to  thee, 

and  grieve  for  all  my  iin, 
I'll  mourn,  how  weak  my  graces  be, 

and  beg  fnpport  divine. 

10.  My  God  forgive -my  follies  pall, 

and  be  forever  nigh  ; 
O  Lord  of  my  falvation  hafte 

before  thy  fei-vant  die.] 

Psalm    XXXIX.  1,  2,   3.       Fir  ft  Part. 

Watchfuhiefs  over  the  Tongue  :   or,   Prudence  and 
Teal. 

i.npHUS  I  refolv'd  before  the  Lord, 

X      ■*  now  will  I  watcli  mv  tongue, 
"  Left  I  let  ilip  one  finful  wofd, 
"  or  do  my  neighbour  wrong." 

2.  And  if  I'm  e'er  conftrain'd  to  ftay 
with  men  of  lives  profane, 

I'll  fet  a  double  guard  that  day, 
nor  let  my  talk  be  vain. 

3.  I'll  fcarce  allow  my  lips  to  fpeak 
the  pious  thoughts  I  feel, 


I 


84  Psalm  xxxix. 

Led  i coffers  fhould  tV  occafion  take 
to  mock  my  holy  zeal. 

4.  Yet  if  fome  proper  hour  appear, 

I'll  not  be  over-awed, 
But  let  the  fcoffing  fmnershear, 

that  we  can  fpeak  for  God. 

I  have  not  confined  myfelf  here  to  the  fenfe  of  the  pfalmift,  but 
have  taken  occafion  from  the  three  firft  verfes,  to  write  a  fhort 
hymn  on  the  government  of  the  tongue. 

Psalm  XXXIX.   4,  5,  6,  7.  Second  Part. 
The  vanity  of  Man  as  mortal. 

I.  np>EACH  me  the  meafure  of  my  days, 

X     thou  maker  of  my  frame  ; 
I  would  furvey  life's  narrow  (pace, 
and  learn  how  frail  I  am. 

A  fpan  is  #11  that  we  can  boaft, 

an  inch  or  two  of  time  ; 
Man  is  but  vanity  and  dull, 

in  all  his  flow'r  and  prime. 

3.  See  the  vain  race  of"  mortals  move 
like  fliadows  o'er  the  plain, 

They  rage  and  ftrive,  defire  and  love, 
but  all  the  noife  is  vain. 

4.  Some  walk  in  honour's  gaudy  fhow, 
fome  dig  for  golden  ore, 

They  toil  for  heirs  they  know  not  who, 
and  itrait  are-feen  no  more. 

5.  What  fhould  I  wifh  or  wait  for  then 
from  creatures,  earth  and  dufl  \ 

They  make  our  expectations  vain, 
and  difappoint  our  trull. 

6.  Now  I  forbid  my  carnal  hope, 
my  fond  defires  recall  j 


Psalm     xxxix.  85 

re  toy  mortal  int'reft  up, 

and  make  my  God  ray  all. 

P    s    A    L    M     XXXIX.   9  —  1:.    Third  Part. 

Sick-Red  Dewotien;    or,    r.  tt    Re* 

\ 

1.  f^*  OD  of  ihy  life,  look  gently  down. 
VJ    behold  the  pains  I  feel  ; 

But  I  am  dumb  before  thy  throne, 
nor  dare  diipute  thy  will, 

2.  Diieafes  are  thy  (erralits,  Lord, 
they  come  at  thy  command  ; 

I'll  not  attempt  a  munn'ring  v.  ord 
apfainil  thy  chaft'ninrr  hand. 

c.   Yet  may  I  plead  with  humble  cries, 

remove  thy  marp  rebukes  ; 
My  ftrength  con  fumes,  my  ipirit  dies, 

through  thy  repeated  ftrokes, 

4.  Cruflfd  as  a  moth  beneath  thy  hand) 
we  moulder  to  the  drift  ; 

Our  feeble  powers  can  ne'er  wit  lift  and. 
and  all  our  beauty's  loft, 

5.  [This  mortal  life  decays  apace 
how  ib 011  the  bubble's  broke  ! 

Adam,  and  all  his  num'rous  race, 
are  vanity  and  fmoke.] 

6.  Im  but  a  fbjourner  below, 
as  all  my  fathers  were, 

May  I  be  well  prepar'd  to  gb$ 
when  1  the  fummons  hear  ! 

7.  But  if  my  Hfc  be  fpar'd  a  while, 
before  my  la  ft  remove , 

Thy  praife  fliall  be  my  bufmefs  flill, 
and  I'll  declare  thy  love. 
K 


P    S     A     L     M  xl. 

Psalm  XL.    i,  2,  3,  5,  17.  ^>7?   ^<"*. 

Common    Metre. 

A  Song  of  Deliverance  fhom  great   Difir; 

1.  T  Waited  patient  for  the  Lord, 
JL  He  bow'd  to  hear  my  cry  ; 

He  law  me  retting  on  his  word, 
and  brought  falvation  nigh. 

2.  He  rais'd  me  from  a  horrid  pit, 
where  mourning  long  I  lay, 

And  from  my  bonds  releas'd  my  feet^ 
deep  bonds  of  miry  xlay. 

j.  Firm  on  a  rock  he  made  me  fland, 

and  taught  my  chearful  tougue 
To  praife  the  wonders  of  his  hand, 

in  a  new  thankful  long. 

4.  I'll  (pread  his  works  of  grace  abroad  ± 

the  faints  with  joy  mall  hear, 
And  finners  learn  to  make  my  God 

their  only  hope  and  fear. 

How  many  are  thy  thoughts  of  love  ! 

thy  mercies,  Lord,  how  great ! 
We  have  not  word,  nor  hours  enough, 

their  numbers  to  repeat. 

6.  When  I'm  affiicled,  poor  and  low, 

and  light  and  peace  depart, 
My  God  beholds  my  heavy  woe, 

and  bears  me  on  his  heart. 

Psalm  XL.  6 — 9.  Second  Part.  Common  Metre.* 

The  Incarnation  and  Sacrifice  of  Chrift:. 
i.nPHUS  faith  the  Lord,  "  Your  work  is  vain, 

JL      u  give  your  burnt  ofF'rings  o'er, 
«*  In  dying  goats,  and  bullocks  (lain, 
44  injr  foul  delights  no  more. 


Psalm     xL.  c? 

2.  Then  fpake  the  Saviour,  "  Lo  I'm  here, 

u  my  God  to  do  thy  will  ; 
w  Whate'er  thy  leered  hooks  declare, 

"  Thy  fervant  (hall  fulfil. 

5.  "  Thy  law  is  ever  in  my  fight, 

"  I  keep  it  near  my  heart : 
u  Mine  ears  are  open'd  with  delight 

"  to  what  thy  lips  impart/' 

4.  And  fee,  the  bleft  redeemer  comes^ 
th'  eternal  Son  appears, 

And,  at  th'  appointed  time,  affiimes 
the  body  God  prepares. 

5.  Much  he  reveal'd  his  father's  grace, 
and  much  his  truth  he  fliew'd, 

And  preach'd  the  way  of  righteoufnefs, 
where  great  alfemblies  flood. 

6.  His  father's  honour  touch'd  his  heart, 
he  pity'd  finners  cries, 

And,  to  fulfil  a  Saviour's  part, 
'      tvas  made  a  facrifice. 

Pause. 

7.  No  blood  of  beads  on  altars  med, 
could  warn  the  confeience  clean, 

But  the  rich  facrifice  he  paid, 
atones  for  all  our  fin. 

8.  Then  was  the  great  falvation  fpread 
and  Satan's  kingdom  fhook  ; 

Thus,  by  the  woman's  promis'd  feed, 
the  ferpent's  head  was  broke. 

If  David  had  written  this  pfalm  In  the  days  of  the  gofpel,  faref? 
he  would  have  given  a  much  more  exprefs  Jand  particular  account  of 
the  facrifice    of  Chrijt,  as   he  hath  done   of  his  preaching,  verle 

9.  10.  ind  enlarged  as  Paul  does  in  Heb.  X.  4.  &<--.  where  this 
pfalm  is  cited.  I  have  done  no  more  therefore  in  this  paraphrafe, 
than  what  I  am  perfuaded  the  pfalmift  himfcf  v/ouid  have  done  in 
the  time  ofChriftianity. 


IS  Psalm     xl. 

The    fcriptures    which    I  have  ufed    here  on  this  occafion,    are* 
J\rb.  x.  4,  It  it  '^t  /''._'»  U  ththjood  if  Mil  (■■>■ 

mvay  jhi.      v<.r    5.  .4  fo.-ty  hrjt  thou    prep. 'ltd  mc.      JohB  vii.  iti.  / 
./*•*<[  the  glory  of  him  thai  J*r.t  me.     Hcb.    x.  26.  He    appeared  t> 
put  iiiviiy   jm  bj  the  Sacrifice  of  himf  1  If,     Gen.  hi.  15.  27. • 
the  ..  *ruife  theftrpent's  ke;id. 


Psalm      XL.       5  — 10.     Long     Metre* 
Chrift    our  Sacrifice. 

THE  wonders,  Lord,  tliy    love  has  wro't, 
Exceed  our  praife,    fur  mount  our  tho't  j 
Should  I  attempt   the  long  detail, 
My  fpeech  would  faint,  my  numbers  fail. 

#.   No  blood  of  beads  on  altars  fpilt, 
Can  cleanfejhe  fouls  of  men  from  guilty 
But  thou  hall  fet  before  our  eyes, 
An  all-fufficient  facrifice. 

3.  Lo  !  thine  eternal  fbn  appears, 
To  thy  defigns  he  bows    his  ears, 
Aflumes  a  body  well  prepar'd, 
And  well  performs  a  work  fo  hard. 

4.  u  Behold  I  come  (the  Saviour  cries,. 
With  love  and  duty  in  his  eyes) 

u  I  come  to  bear  the  heavy  load 

€i  Of  iins,  and  do  thy  will,  my  God. 

5.  u  'Tis  written  in  thy  great  decree, 
*'  'Tis  in  tliy  book  foretold  of  me. 

<c  I  mu(i    fulfil  the  Saviour's  part 
And  lo  !  thy  law  is  in  my  heart. 

6.  u  I'll  m3ngnify  thy  holy  law, 
u  And  rebels  to  obedience  draw, 

*f  When  on  my  crofs  I'm  lifted  high, 
*•   Or  to  my  crown  above  the  fay. 

7.  cc  The  fpirit  (hall  defcend  and  fliow 

"  What  thou  halt  done,  and  what  I    do  ; 

**  Tiie  wond'ring  world  (hall  learn  thy  grace, 

Ai  Thy  wifdom,  ajad  thjr  righteoafhefs." 


Psalm     xli,  xlii.  S9 

Bcfide  fome  of  the  fcriptures  mentioned  under  the  former 
Metre  I  have  here  made  life  of  theft  alfe,  i  John  hi.  5.  1 
sfGodws  memifeJted,  fee.  i.  Pet.  ii,  24.  H<?  fere  our  ./Ins.  I  fa. 
xlii.  21.  He  toill  magnify  the  /.nu,  <jk4  r?w*<?  «'#  honourable 
John  x:i.  32.  ///  %e  lifted  up%l  will  4rav>  dl(  men  unto  me. 
John.  xvi.  14.  The  Spirit  Mil  rtceivt  tf  mine,  em^Jbfw  it  unto 
you. 


P    S    A    L    M       XLI.    I,    2,    3. 

CWi/r  f  0    M*    Peer ;    or,  P//>-   rs    the    JffiicfeJ. 

1.  T)LEST    is   the  man  whole  bowels  move, 
13  And  melt  with  pity  to  the  poor, 

V/hofe  foul,  by  fvmpathizin^love, 
Fetris  what  his  fellow-faints  endure. 

2.  Kis  heart  contrives,  for  their  relief, 
More  good  than  his  own  hands  can  do  ! 
He,  in  the  time  of  gen'ral  grief, 
Shall  find  the  Lord  has  bowels  too. 

3.  His  foul  mall  live  feeure  on  earth, 
With  fecret  bleiiiiigs  on  his  head, 

When   drowth,  and    peililence,    and    dearth, 
Around  him  multiply  their  dead. 

4.  Or  if  lie  languiih  on  his  couch, 
God  will  pronounce  his  {ins  forgiv'n, 
Will  fave  him  with  a  healing-  touch, 
Cr  take  his  willing  foul  to  Heav'n. 

The  ten  laft  verfes  of  this  pjfalrn  are  of  quite  another  fubjeihre- 
1  D<nAa*$  perfonal  enemies,  which  being  I'o  frequently   re- 
peated, I  hire  often  o:n:t:ed. 

The  poi't've  bleflings  of  leng  Ufe\  health,   reaver] 

in    the  nrd- 1  of  rimgei  s,  being  Co  much  promifed  in  trie  Old    TV.:.;- 
ind  fo  little  in  the  AVw  ;  I  bave  given  a  tarn  at  the  end  of 
mn,    to  difcojrage    a  too    conrld^n:    expedition    of   thefe- 
i  things  and  led  the  foul  to  heavenly  hopes,  more  agreea- 
ble to  the  gofpel. 

Psalm    XLII.   I 5.  Firfl  Part. 

Defertio/i    and    hope  ;   or,   Complaint    of  ab fence 

from  public  -jj or fliip. 
*■  \T7  I  T  H  earned  longings  of  tfce  mind, 
V  V     rny  God;  to  thee  1  look  : 


$&  Psalm     aHL. 

So  pants  the  hunted  hart  to  find 
and  taite  the  cooling  brook. 

2.  When  mall  1  fee  thy  courts  of  grace*, 
and  meet  my  God  again  .? 

So  I ono-  an  abience  from  thy  face, 
my  heart  endures  with  pain. 

3.  Temptations  vex  my  weary  foul, 
and  tears  are  my  repait  ; 

The  foe  infults  without  controul, 

"   And  there's  )  out  Cod  at la ft." 

4.  'Tis  with  a    mournful  pleafure  no  v 
1  think  on  antient  days  ; 

Then  to  thy  ho  life  did  numbers  go, 
and  all  our  work  was  praiie. 

5.  But  why,  my  foul,  funk  down  fo  far 
beneath  this  heavy  load  ? 

Why  do  ray  thoughts  indulge  defpair, 
and  fin  againit  my  God  ?. 

6.  Hope  in    the    Lord,  whofe    mighty   hand' 
can  all  thy  woes  remove  : 

For  I  mall  yet  before  him  itand, 
and  ling  reitoring  love, 

r    s   a   l   M      XL1I.      6—1 1.     Second     Part 

Melancholy     thoughts     reproved;      or,     hope     im 
Afflictions. 

U  1i  yTY  fpirit  finks  within  me,   Lord, 

1VX    But  I  will  call  thy  name  to  mind, 
And  times  of  pail  diflrefs  record, 
When  1  have  found  my  God  was  kind. 

2.     Huge    troubles,  with    tumultuous    nolle 
Swelllike  avfea  and  round  me  fpread  ; 
Thy  water-fpouts  drown  all  my  joys, 
And  riling  waves  roll  o'er  my  head. 


Psalm    xYu,  xliv.  91 

1.  Yet  will  the  Lord  command  his  love. 
When  I  addrefs  his  throne  by  clay, 
Nor  in  the  night  his  grace  remove, 
The  night  Ihall  hear  me  firig  and  pray. 

4.  I'll  call  myfelf  before  his  feet, 

And  fay,  "  My  Gcd,  my  heavily  rock, 

"   Why  doth  thy  love  fo  long  forget 

"  The  foul   that  groans  beneath  thy  flroke  ?" 

5.  1*11  chicle  my  heart  th.U  finks  ih  lowr 
Why  fhould  my  foul  indulge  her  grief? 
Hope  in  the  Lord,  and  piaife  him  too  ; 
He  is  my  reit,  my  lure  relief. 

6.  Thy  light  and  truth  mall  guide  me  Mill, 
Thy  words  mall  my  bell  thoughts  employ, 
And  lead  me  to  thine  heav  nly  hill, 

My  God,  my  moll  exceeding  joy. 

The  43d  Pfa'm  is  To  near  a-k:n  to  this,  that  I  have  omitte  d  it, 
©my  borrowing  the  3d  and  4th  vcrfes  to  conclude  this  hymn. 

P  s  a  l  M    XLIV.    i,  2,  3,  8,   15— 26. 
Tht  Church's  Complaint  in  P  erf  edition. 

1.  T      ORD,  we  have  heard  thy  works  of  old, 

1    j   thy  works  of  pow'r  and  grace, 
Wneii  to  our  ears  our  fathers  told 
the  wonders  or  their  days. 

2.  How  thou  didft  build  thy  churches  here, 
and  make  thy  goipel  known  ; 

Amongil  them  did  thine  arm  appear, 
thy  light  and  glory  liione. 

3.  In  God  they  boailed  all  the  day^ 

and  in  a  chearful  throng 
<P 

Did  thoufands  meet  to  praife  and  pray, 
and  grace  was  all  their  long. 

4.  But  now  our  fouls  are  feiz'd  with  fhame^ 
confufion  fills  our  face, 


ij2  P    S    A    L    M     x\lY. 

To  hear  the  enemy  blafpheme, 
and  tools  reproach  thy  grace. 

5.  Yet  have  we  not  forgot  our  God, 
nor  faliery  dealt  with  Heav'n, 

Nor  have  our  iteps  declined  the  road 
of  dutv  thou  halt  oiv'n. 

6.  Tho'  dragons  all  around  11 5  roar 
witli  their  deflrnctive  breath, 

And  thine  own  hand  has  brois'd  us  fore- 
hard  by  the  gates  of  death. 

Pause. 

7.  We  ore  expos'd  all  day  to  die 
as  martyrs  for  thy  cauie, 

As  fheep  for  {laughter  bound  we  lie, 
by  (harp  and  bloody  laws. 

8.  Awake,  arife,  Almighty  Lord, 
why  lleeps  thy  wonted  grace  I 

Why  mould  we  look  like  men  abhorr'd, 
or  banihVd  from  thy  face  ? 

o.  Wilt  thou  for  ever  carl  us  off, 

and  flili  neglect  our  cries  I 
For  ever  hide  thine  heav'nly  love 

from,  our  afflicted  eyes  ? 

10.  Down  to  the  dud  our  foul  is  bow'd,, 
and  dies  upon  the  ground  ; 

Rife  for  our  help,  rebuke  the  proud, 
and  all  their  pow'rs  confound. 

11.  Redeem  us  from  perpetual  fhame, 
our  Saviour  and  our  God  ; 

We  plead  the  honours  of  thy  name, 
the  merits  of  thy  blood. 


P    S    A    L    M       xlv.  93 

V  s  A  l  m    XLV.     Short  Metre. 

The  Glory  o/Chrift,  the  juccefs  of  the  Goftel  and 

the  Gentile  Church. 

1.  Ik    AT  Y  Saviour  and  my  King, 
XVX      tnv  beauties  are  divine; 

Thy  lips  with  bleflings  overflow, 
and  ev'ry  grace  is  thine. 

2.  No.y  make  thy  glory  known, 
gird  on  thv  dreadful  twurd, 

And  ride  in  Majefty  to  fpread 
tlie  concjueits  of  thy  word. 

3.  Strike  thro'  thv  ltubborn  foes, 
or  melt  their  hearts  t'obev, 

While  jnftice,  meeknefs,  grace  and  truth, 
attend  thy  glorious  way. 

4.  Thy  laws,   O  G<  d,   are  right ; 
thy  throne  (hall  ever  Hand  ; 

And  thy  victorious  gofpel  proves 
a  fcepter  in  thy  hind. 

[5.   Thy  Father  and  thy  God, 
hath  without  meafure  fhed 
His  fpirit,  like  a  joyful  oil, 
t'anoint  thy  facred  head.] 

[6.   Behold,  at  thy  right-hand 
the  Ge/ri.e  church  is  leen, 
Like  a  fair  bride  in  rich  attire, 
and  Princes  guard  the  Queen.*] 

7.  Fair  bride,  receive  his  love, 
foroet  thy  father's  houie  ; 

Forfake  thy  gods,   thy  idol-gods, 
and  pay  thy  Lord  thy  rows. 

8.  Olet  thy  God  and  King 
thy  Aveeteit  thoughts  employ  >, 


A 


94  Psalm 

y 

Thy  children  (hall  his  Ii  on  ours  fing*^ 
in  palaces  of  joy. 

This  Pfalm  is  a  defenprion  oftl  a  \et  of  CMJit   and 

the  fnccefs  of  his   gofpel;  and  pr  to  the   Cent'le 

Church,  becaule  flic  is  bid  to  f org  ct    her  fathi  i  I    umlef 

the  type  of  Solomon's  nnrriage  to  PharA  h 

Stanza  5.  John  hi.  -4.  Cod  z'tveth  m:  miafurt  un- 

to hi  in. 


P  s  a  l  m  XLV.     Common  Metre. 

The  Perfo/ial  Glories  and  Government   0/"  ChrifL 

^T'LL  fpeak  the  honours  of  my  King, 

JL     his  form  divinely  fair ; 
None  of  the  fons  of  mortal  race, 

may  with  the  Lord  compare. 

2.  Sweet  is  thy  fpeech,  and  heav'nly  grace 
upon  thy  lips  is  (lied  ; 

Thy  God,  with  bleffings  infinite, 
hath  crown'd  thy  facred  head. 

3.  Gird  on  thy  fword,  victorious  Prince, 
ride  with  majeftic  fway  ; 

Thy  terrors  (hall  (trike  thro'  thy  foes, 
and  make  the  world  obey. 

4.  Thy  throne,  O  God,  for  ever  itands  3 
thy  word  of  grace  {hall  prove. 

A  peaceful  fceptre  in  thy  hands, 
to  rule  the  faints  by  love. 

5.  Juftice  and  truth  attend  thee  Rill, 
but  mercy  is  thy  choice  ; 

And  God,  thy  God,  thy  foul  (hall  fill, 
with  mo(t  peculiar  joys. 

Psalm   XLV.     Firft  Part.    Long  Metre. 

The  Glory  c/Chrift,  and  Power  of  his  GofpeL 

1  .XTOW  be  my  heart  infpir'd  to  fing 
X^      The  glories  of  my  Saviour  King. 


P     S    A    L    M        XI V.  9 

Jefns  the  Lord  ;    how  heav'nly  fair 
His  form  !  how  bright  his  beauties  are  1 

2.  O'er  all  the  fores  of  human  race 
He  fhines  with  a  fuperior  grace, 
Love  from  his  lips  divinely  flows, 
And  bleilings  all  his  Rate  coinpofe. 

3.  Drefs  thee  in  arms,  mod'  mighty  Lord, 
Gird  on  the  terror  of  thy  fword, 

In  Majelly  and  glory  ride, 

With  truth  and  meeknefs  at  thy  fide. 

.4.'  Thine  anger,  like  a  pointed  dart, 
Shall  pierce  the  foes  of  ltubborn  heart  ; 
Or  words  of  mercy,  kind  and  fweet, 
Shall  melt  the  rebels  at  thy  feet. 

5.  Thy  throne,  O  God,  forever  ftands, 
Grace  is  the  fceptrein  thy  hands  ; 
Thy  laws  and  works  are  juft  and  right, 
Jultice  and  grace  are  thy  delight. 

6.  God,  thine  own  God,  has  richly  fhed 
His  oil  of  gladnefs  on  thy  head,; 

And,  with  his  facred  fpiiit,  bleft 
The  firil-born  ion  above  the  reft. 

s    a   l   m    XLV.  Second   Part.   Long  Metre, 

Chrift  and  his  Church  ;  or,  The  Myflical 

Marriage. 

1.  ^TT^H  E  King  of  faints,  how  fair  his  face* 

X      Adorn'd  with  majeity  and  grace  ! 
He  comes  with  ble flings  from  above, 
And  wins  the  nations  to  his  love. 

*  2.    At  his  right  hand  onr  eyes  behold 
The  queen  array'd  in  pureft  gold  ; 
The  world  admires  her  heav'nly  drefs, 
Her  robe  of  joy  and  righteoufnefi. 


06  Psalm     xlv,  xlvi. 

3;   He  forms  her  beauties  like  his  own, 
He  calls  and  feats  her  near  his  throne: 
Fair  ftranger,  let  thine  heart  forget 
The  idols  of  thy  native  (late. 

4.  So  mall  the  king  the  more  rejoice 
In  thee,  the  fa v 'rite  of  his  choice  ; 
Let  him  be  lov'd,  and  yet  ador'd, 
For  lie's  thy  maker  ami  thy  Lord. 

5.  O  happy  hour,  when  thou  malt  rile 
To  his  fair  palace  in  the  Ikies, 

And  all  his  foils,    (a  norn'rous  train) 
Each  like  a  prince  in  glory  reign  ! 

6.  Let  endlefs  honours  crcrwu  Ids  head  ; 
Let  ev'ry  aue  his  praifes  fpread  , 
While  we  with  chearfiil  longs  approve 

The  condefcenlions  of  his  love. 

See  the  note?  on  the  fhort  iretrc. 

Psalm     XLVI.     The  Fir]}  Part, 
The  Church's  Safety  and  Triumph  among  natitnut 

Defolativ/is. 
1.  4T^  O  D  is  the  refuge  of  his  faints, 

\  J  When  ftorms  of  fharp  diilrcie  invade  • 
E'er  we  can  offer  our  complaints,  * 
Behold  hi  in  prefent  with  his  aid. 

2-   Let  mountains  from  their  feats  he  hurl'd 
Down  to  the  deep,   and  buried  there  ; 
CouvuHions  (hake  the  folid  world, 
Our  faith  fliall  never  yield  to  fear. 

3.  Loud  may  the  troubled  ocean  roar, 
In  (acred  peace  our  Ibul  abide, 
While  ev'ry  nation,  evhy  Ciore 
Trembles,  and  dreads,  the  fuelling  tide^ 

4.  There  is  a  (tream,  whofc  gentle  flow, 
Supplies  the  city  of  our  God  ; 


Psalm     xhi.  07 

Life,  loVe  and  joy,  Mill  gliding  thro*, 
And  wat'rino;  our  divine  abode. 

5.  That  (acred  itream,  thine  holy  word, 
That  all  our  raging  fear  controuls  : 
Sweet  peace  thy  promifes  atforoV, 

And  give  new  ltrength  to  fainting  fouls, 

6.  Sion  enjoys  her  monarch's  love, 
Secure  again  (I  a  threatening  hour  ; 
Nor  can   her  firm  foundations  move, 
Built  on  his  truth,  and  arm'd  with  pow'r. 

—  t    1  .  ,  , 

Psalm  XL  VI.     Second  Part. 

Cod  fights  for  his  Church, 

1.  "I       ET  Sion  in  her  king  rejoice, 

J j  Tho*  tyrants  rage,  and  kingdoms  rife  ; 

He  utters  his  almighty  voice, 
The  nations  melt,  the  tumult  dies. 

2.  The  Lord  of  old  for  Jacob  fought, 
And  Jacob's  God  is  ilill  our  aid, 
Behold  the  works  his  hand  has  wrought, 
What  defolations  he  has  made. 

3.  From  fea  to  fea  thro*  all  the  fhores, 
He  makes  the  noife  of  battle  ceafe  ; 
When  frcm  on  high  his  thunder  roars, 
He  awes  the  trembling  world  to  peace. 

4.  He  breaks  the  bow,  he  cuts  the  fpear, 
Chariots  he  burns  with  heav'nly  flame  , 
Keep  filence  ail  the  earth,   and  hear 
The  found  and  glory  of  his  name. 

<c  Be  (till,  and  learn  that  I  am  God, 
*'  I'll  be  exalted  o'er  the  lands, 
"  I  will  be  known  and  fear'd  abroad, 
u  But  ftill  my  throne  in  Sion  Hands, 
L 


98  Psalm     xlvi,  xlvii. 

6.  O  Lord  of  hofts,  almighty  King, 
While  we  fo  near  thy  preilnce  dwell, 
Our  faith  mall  lit  fccure,   and  (ing 
Defiance  to  the  gates  of  hell. 

P   s   A    l   m     XLVIL 

Chrijl  Afcending  and  Reigning. 
j.    /~^\  FOR  a  fhout  of  facred  joy 
\^y    to  God  the  fov'reign  Khig  ! 
Let  ev'ry  land  their  tongues  employ, 
and  hymns  of  triumph  ling. 

2.   Jefus  our  God  afcends  on  high  ; 

his  heav'nly  guards  around 
Attend  him  riling  thro'  the  fky; 

with  trumpet  s  joyful  found. 

5.  While  angels  fhout  and  praife  their  King;, 

let  mortals  learn  their  (trains  ; 
Let  all  the  earth  his  honour  lino  : 

o'er  all  the  earth  he  reigns. 

4.  Rehearfe  his  praife  with  awe  profound, 
let  knowledge  lead  the  fcng, 

Nor  mock  him  with  a  iblemn  found, 
upon  a  thoughtlefs  tongue. 

5.  In  Ifrel  itood  his  antient  throne, 
he  lov'd  that  choien  race  ; 

But  now  he  calls  tlie  world  his  own, 
•  Heathens  tafte  Iiis  grace, 

6.  The  Is  are  the  Lord's 

s  God  is  known, 
ind   princes,  fhi elds  and  ?words> 
fubmit  before  rone, 

•  l  into  heaven  is  tj'pif\  V 

. 

-  ciiofeji  to  0:  ] 


Psalm   xlviii.  99 

Psalm    XLVIII.   1 -8.       Firfl  Part. 

i%e  Church  is the  Honour  and  Srfety   ofaNatim* 
C1-/^  RE  AT  is  the  Lord  our  God, 
V  J    and  let  his  praifebe  great ; 
He  makes  his  churches  his  abede, 
his  molt  delightful  feat. 

'2.  Thefe  temples  of  his  arace, 
how  beautiful  tliev   {land  ! 
The  honours  of  our  native  place, 
and  bulwarks  of  our  land.j 

3.  In  Si  on  God  is  known 
a  refuge  in  diftrefs  ; 

How  bright  has  his  falvation  fhone 
through  all  her  palaces  ! 

4.  When  kings  again fl:  her  join'd, 
and  law  the  Lord  was  there, 

In  wild  confufion  of  the  mind 
they  fled  with  baity  fear. 

5.  When  navies  tall  and  proud 
attempt  to  fpoil  our  peace, 

He  fends  his  tempeft  roaring  loud, 
and  links  them  in  the  leas. 

6.  Oft  have  our  fathers  told, 
our  eyes  have  often  feen, 

How  well  our  God  f_ -cures  the  fold 
where  his  own  fheep    have  been- 

7.  I  ev'ry  new  diltrefs 
we'll  to   his  houfe  repair, 

We'll  think  upon  his  wondrous  grace, 
and  feek  deliv'rance  there. 


L  2 


ico  Psalm     xlviii  xllx. 

Psalm    XL VIII.   10 14.   Se.:ond  Pzit 

The  Beauty   of  the  Church  ;  or,,   C  of  pel   Wot 
and  Order, 

1.  TT^  A  R  as  thy  name  is  known 

JL         the  world  declares  thy  praife  j 
Thy  faints,  T)  Lord,   before  thy  tin  one, 
their  longs  of  honour  raiie.' 

2.  With  joy  let  judah  Hand 
on  Sions  chofen  hill, 

Proclaim  the  wonders  of  thy  hand, 
and  counlels  of  thy  will. 

?.  Let  ft  rangers  walk  aronnd 
the  city  where  we  dwell, 
Compafs  and  view  thine  holy  ground; 
and  mark  the  buiding  well. 

4.  The  orders  of  thy  houfe, 
the  worfhip  of  thy  court, 

The  chearful  fongs,  the  folemn  vows  j 
and  make  a  fair  report. 

5.  How  decent  and  howr  wife  ! 
how  glorious  to  behold  \ 

Beyond  the  pomp  that  charms  the   eyes, 
and  rites  adorn'dwith  gold. 

6.  The  God  we  worfhip  now, 
will  guide  us  till  we  die, 
Will  be  our  God,  while  here  belowr, 
and  ours  above  the  fky. 

Psalm   XLIX.  6 14.  Fir/1 Part.  Com.  Met. 

Pride  and  Death ;   or.    The    Vanity    of  Life    and; 

Riches. 
I.   tTTHY  doth  the  man  of  riches  grow 

V  V       to  infolence  and  pride, 
To  fee  his  Wealth  and  honours  flow 
with  ev'ry  riling  tide  I 


P  S  A  L  M     -\li.v.  ^      rot 

Vhy  doth  he  treat   the  poor    with   fcorh, , 
made  of  the  felf-fame  clay, 
Ana  boait  as  thos  his  tieih  was  born 
of  better  dull  than  they  ?J 

p.   Not  all  his  treafure  can  procure 

his  foul  a  ihort  reprieve, 
Redeem  from  death  one  guilty  hour, 

or  make  his  brother  li 

4.  Life  is  a  bleflrag  can't  be  fold, 

Corn  is  too  Iii  o!i  : 
Fuitice  will   ne'er  be  brib'd  with  gold, 
tli at  man  may  never  die. 

5.  He  fees  the  brutiih  and  the  wife, 
the  timorous  and  the  brave. 

Quit  their  poffeffians,  clofe  their  eyes 
and  batten   to  the  grave*. 

o.   Yet  'tis  his  inward  thought  and  prideT 

€i  my  koute  fhall  ever  (land  ;. 
<c  And    tliat  my  name  may  long  abide* 

u  Til  give  it  to  mv  land.? 

*\  Vain  are  his  thoughts,  his  hopes  are  loft,, 

how  foon  his  mc  es  ! 

His  name  is  written  in  the  dull, 

where  his  own  carcafs  lie:. 

P   a   q   s    E. 

:.   This  is  the  folly  of  their  way  : 
and  yet  their  ions  as  vain 

v    e  the  w<  Lr  lathers  fay, 

*  heir  work 

leu  void 
if  honour  raiie 

I  like  tl 


ic:.  P  s  a   l  if     xiix. 

10.  Laid  in  the  grave  like  filly  fheep,       • 

death  Leeds  upon  them  there, 
T'ill  the  laft  trumpet  breaks  their  lleep 

in  terror  and  deipair. 

P  s   A  i,   M  XLIX.  v.     14,     15..     Second  Park 

Common       Metre. 
Death  and  the  Rcjurretiion. 
I.  m\T  E  fons  of  pride  that  hate  the juft, 

X        and  trample  on  the  poor, 
When  death  has  brought  you  down  to  duft, 
your  pomp  (hall  rife  no  more. 

£.  The  laft  great  day  mall  change  the  fcene  * 

when  will  that  hour  appear  \ 
When  (hall    the  juft  revive,  and    reign 

o'er  all  that  fcorn'd    them  here  ? 

3.  God  will  my  naked  foul  receive^ 
when  fep'rate  from  the  flefh ; 

And  breaK  the  prifbn  of  the  grave>. 
to  raife  Hiy  bones  afrefh. 

4.  Heav'n  is  my  everlafting  home 
th'   inheritance  is  fure  t 

Let  men  of  pride  their  rage  refume, 
but  I'll  repine  no  more. 

Psalm     XLIX.  Long  Metre. 

The  rich  Sinmr's  Death,  and  the  Saint} s  Refurrcc- 

tion. 
I.TT7  H  Y  do  the  proud  infult  the  poor, 

\V  And  boa  ft  the  large  eftatesthey  have  ? 
Mow  vain  are  riches  to  fecure 
Their  haughty  owners  from  the  grave  I 

%.  They  can't  redeem  one  hour  from  deaths 
With  all  the  wealth  in  which  they  trull: 


Psalm  xlix,  I.  IQJ 

Nor  give  a  dying  brother  breath, 

When  God  commands  him  down  to  drit. 

q.  There  the  dark  earth  and  difmal  (hade. 

Shall  clafp  their  naked  bodies  round  ; 

That  fleih  fo  delicately  fed 

Lies  cold,  and  moulders  in  the  ground. 

4.  Like  thoughtlefs  fheep  tiie  Tinner  dies,. 
Laid  in  the  grave  for  worms  to  cat  : 
The  faints  (hall  in  the  morning  rife, 
And  find  th?  oppreffor  at  their  feet, 

5.  His  honours  perifli  in  the  dull, 

And  pomp  and  beauty,,  birth  and  blood  ; 
That  glorious  day  exalts  the  juil 
To  full  dominion  o'er  the  proud. 

4.  My  Saviour  fliall  my  life  refloreP  ' 
And  raiie  me  from  my  dark  abode  : 
My  flefh  and  lbul  (hall  part  no  more, 
But  dwell  for  ever  near  my  God. 

Psalm   L.   i — 6.  Fir  ft  part.  Common  metre. 

The  laft  Judg?neui ;  or  the  Saints  rewarded* 

1.  r  I  >HE  Lord,  the  judge  before  his  throne^ 

X        bids  the  whole  earth  draw  nigh  j. 
The  nations  near  the  rifing  fun, 
and  nsar  the  weitern  fky» 

2.  No  more  (hall  bold  blafphemers  fay; 
u  judgement  will  ne*er  begin  ;" 

No  more  abufe  his  long  delay, 
to  impudence  and  fin, 

3.  Thron'd  on  a  cloud  our  God  mall  come; 
bright  flames  prepare  his  way, 

Thunder  and  darknefs,  fire  and  dorm, 
lead  on  the  dreadful  day. 

4.  Heav'n  from  above  his  call  fliall  hear, 
attending  angels  conae^ 


V    S    A    t    M         1. 

And  earth  ami  hell  fhall  know,   and  fear, 
his  ju (lice  and  their  doom. 

5.  u   But  gather  all  my  faints  (lie  cries) 
€i  that  made  their  peace  with  God 

"   &y  the  Redeemer's  facrifice, 
u  and  fealed  it  with  his  blood. 

6.  u  Their  faith  and  works  bro't  forth  to  light, 
"  (hall  make  tfie  world  confefs 

u  My  fenvence  of  reward  is  ftghf, 
"  and  heav'n  adore  my  grace." 

Psalm  L.    8,  jo,  if,  14,  15,  23.     Second  Part. 

Common  Metre. 

Obedience  is  better  than  Sacrifice. 

I.^ipKUS  faith  the  Loid,  "  the  fpacious  fields 

JL        u  and  flocks  and  herds,  are  mine  ; 
"  O'or  all  the  cattle  of  the  hills 
u  I  claim  a  right  divine. 

2.  "  I  alk  no  (beep  for  facrifice, 
"  nor  bullocks  burnt  with  lire; 

u  To  hope  and  love,  to  pray  and  praife, 
"  is  all  that  1  require. 

3.  "  Call  upon  me  when  trouble's  near, 
"  my  hand  fliall  let  thee  f 

"   Then  (hall  thy  thankful  lips  declare, 
c<  the  honour  due  to  me. 

r.   c<  The  man  th.it  c  ble  praife,. 

"  lie  glorifies  ine  bell  ; 
c<   And  Uiofe  thdi  tread  my  holy  way's, 

«'  fkaU  my  falvatipn  t^e." 

P  SA  L  M     L.       J,    5,  8,    l6,   21.   2  2.        Sftf/tttf  Ptfr/,\ 

i.YTtHEN  C  ' 1  dc  ft  en d , 

\ 


Psalm     I.  J05 

He  calls  the  nntions  to  attend, 
and  hear  hi*  awful  word, 

2.  "  Not  for  the  want  of  bullocks  flain, 
i(  will  I  the  world  reprove  ; 

"  Altars  and  rites,  and  forms  are  vain, 
"  without  the  fire  of  love. 

3.  "  And  what  have  hypocrites  to  do, 
u  to  bring  their  (acrifice  ? 

«  They  call  my  itatute  juft  and  true, 
"  but  deal  in  theft  and  lies. 

4.  Ci  Could  you  expect  to  'Pcape  my  fight, 
u  and  fin  without  controul  ? 

"   But  I  (hall  bring  your  crimes  to  light, 
"  with  anguiih  in  your  foul.*' 

5.  Confider,  ye  that  flight  the  Lord, 
before  his  wrath  appear  ; 

If  once  you  fall  beneath  his  fword, 
there's  no  deliverer  there. 

Psal  m     L.     Third    Part.       Long  Metre. 

Hypocrijy  expofed. 

I.   ^  I  ^HE  Lord  the  judge  his  churches  wrarns; 

X  Let  hypocrites  attend  and  fear, 
Who  place  their  hope  in  rites  and  forms, 
But  make  not  faith  nor  love  their  care. 

2^  Vile  wretches  dare  rehearfe  his  name 
With  lips  of  falfhood  and  deceit  ; 
A  friend  or  brother  they  defame, 
And  footh  and  flatter  thofe  they  hate. 

S.  They  watch  to  do  their  neighbours  wrong, 
^fet  dare  to  leek  their  Maker's  fac-    ; 
They  take  his  cov'nant  on  their  tongue, 
Let  brerk  his  laws,  abufe  his  grace. 

4,  To  heav'n  thev  lift  their  hands  unclean, 
Pefil'd  with  lull,  dehTd  with  blood s 


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S    A     I 


By  night  they  iin. 

By  da y  i  liei i  »  near  to  God. 

| 
They 

Tli/  .i-  w.eli  us  the;  , 

And  put  for  off  the  dreadful  hour. 

6.  O  dreadinl  hour  !  when  God  draws  n< 
And  fets  their  crimes  before  their  eyes; 
His  wrath  the ir  guilty  fouls  (hall  tear, 
And  no  deliverer  dare  to  rife. 

This  pfulm  .  .reference  to      * 

in  ihe  firft  part  omitted  «very   thing  that  might  obf 
of  it. 

The  latter  part  oLLhe  pf.ilm  being  defigncd  to  c 
1 ify  aril  formal  i  tes,  I   have   formed   two  or 

throe  hymns  on  that  ih   fome    tranfpofition  ac 

phrafe  of  the  srerfes  ;  but  I  liave  kept   the  (ime    ifltrodu&ion  itill, 
by  repeating  the  fiift  verfe  of  the  pfa 


Psalm    L. 


To  n  new  Tun«. 


7fo  litfi  Judgment. 

THE  Lord,  the  fev 'reign,  fends  his  fum- 
[mons  forth, 
Calls  the  South  nations,  arid  awakes  the  I\ 
From  Ea'l  to  Weft  the  founding  orders  fpread, 
Thro'  diftant  worlds  and  regions  of  the  dead  ; 
No  more  (hall  Atheifts  mock  his  Ion 
Hisreng'ance  ileeps  no  more  :  behold  the  daj  . 

2.  Behold  the  judge  defcends  ;  his  guards  are 

Temp  eft  and  fire  attend  him  down  the  iky  : 
Heav'n,    earth    and    hell    draw  near ;  let   all 

[things  come, 
To  hear  hisjuftice,  and  the  finner's  doom  : 
But  gather  firft  my  faints,   (the  judge   com- 

[raands, 
Bring  them,ye  angels, from  their  diftant  lands*. 


p  J  1.  107 

*.  Behold  my  cov'nunt  [lands  forever  good, 

Seal'd  by  th'  e  tern  alia  crifice in  blood, 

And  Ggn'd  with  all  their  names  ;   the  Creek  the 

0™, 

That  paid  t  p  cv  the  new. 

There's  no  Lon  here;  come  their 

[thrones, 
And  near  me     Teat  rry    faVritesand  ray  fens. 

4.  I  t  r  God, 

\  e  heav'ns  in  abroad 

My  jufl  etern  ice,  and  declare 

Thoie  aw  f  that  tinners  dread  to  hear  ; 

Sinners  in  'Lion,  tremble  and  retire  ; 
I  doom  the  painted  hypocrite  to  lire. 

5.  Not  for  the  want  of  goats    or  bullocks  flain 
Do  I  copde  e  ;  bulls  and  goats  are  vain 
Without  the  flames  of  love.   In  vain  the  ilore 
Of  brutal  oil  hings  that  were  mine  before  z 
Mine  are  the  tamer  beads  and  favac-e— breed, 
Flocks,  herds,  and   fields,    and    foreits  where 

[they  feed. 

If  I  were  hungry,  would  I  afk   thee  food  ? 
When  did  I  thir(t,or  drink  thy  bullocks  blood  ? 

er'd  with  thy  cringing  hows, 
Thy  folemn  chatt'ririgs  and  fataitick  vows  ? 
\re  n  d  fhy  feftments  to  behold, 

jlaririg  in  gems,   and  gay  in   woven  gold  ? 

17.  Unthinking  wretch  J  how  couldil  thou  hope 

[to  pleaie 
\  God,  a  fpirit,  with  fuch  tovs  as  thefe  ? 

e  with   nr.  and    flatutes    on    thy 

[tongue 
:eit,and  doll  thy  brother  w  rong; 
n  vain  to  pious  fori  eal  pretends 

I  hietres  ancj  adult'ren  are  thy  chofeu  friends. 

1.  Silent  I  waited  w'.rli  lor.g-fufPring  love, 
•ail  thou  hop;_  >uld ne'er  reprove  ? 


108  P    S    A    L    M    \. 

And  cherim  fuch  an  impious  thought  within, 
That  God  the  righteous  would  indulge  thy  (in  r 
Behold  my  terrors  now  ;   my    thunders  roll, 
And  thy  own  crimes  affright  thy  guilty  foul. 

9.  Sinners,  awake  betimes ;   ye   fools  be  wife  ; 
Awake  before  this  dreadful  morning  rife  ; 
Change  your  vain  thoughts,your  crooked  works 

[amend 
Fly  to  the  Saviour,make  the  judge  your  friend, 
Left  like  a  lion  his  laft  veng'ance  tear 
Your  trembling  fouls,  and  no   dehVrer  near. 

f.  In  t\js  metre  as  in  Tome  of  the  former,  I  have  taken  evident 
occa'lion  from  this  Vfalin,  to  reprefcm  the  lijt  judgment,  and 
liave  therefore  left  out  thofe  verfes  that  fcem  to  interrupt  that 
fenfe. 

Stan.  3.  All  the  Saints  have  made  a  covenant  ivith  God  by  facrU 
fi;ef  (as  in  the  text)  and,  as  it  were,  fet  their  names  to  God's 
<.*/■*:  nant  of  grace,  ratified  by  the  facrifke  of  thrijt  of  eterna  1 
virtue  ;  though  the  Jeivs  did  it  in  the  antient  forms  of  worihip, 
"and  the'  Gentiles  in  the  new. 

Stem.  6,  7.  As  the  Jeivijb  formal  worfhippers  contented  them- 
felves  frith  bu:nt-ofTerings,  &c.  and  trulted  in  them  j  fo  hypocrites 
in  Christianity  build  their  hopes  upon  outward  forms,  gay  ceremo- 
nies, rigid  aulterities,    fanciful  vows,  &c. 

Psalm     L.     To  the  old  proper    Tune. 

The   la  ft  Judgment. 

THE  God  of  glory  fends  his  fummons  forth, 
Calls  the  fouih  nations, and  awakes  the;;©^, 
From  eafl  to  weft  the  fov'reign  order  fp reads, 
Thro*  distant  worlds  and  regions  of  the  dead. 

The  trumpet  founds  \  he  11  trembles  ;  heaven  rejoices  5 
Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  faints,  with  c he arftrl voices* 

2.  No  more  fnail  atheifts  mock  his  long  delay  ; 
His  veng'ance  lleeps  no  more  :  Behold  the  day  ; 
Behold  the  judge  defcends;  his  guards  are  nigh, 
Tempeit  and  fire  attend  him  down  the  fky» 

When  God  appears ,  all  nature  floall  adore  him ; 

While  Jinners  tremble,  faints   rejoice  Hi;* 


P   5   A    L    M       1.  lO# 

.   *f  Heav'n,  earth  and  hell,    draw    near:   let 

[all  things  come, 
i€  To  hear  mv  jtaftice,  and  the  Tinners  doom  ; 
u  But  gather  hi  it  my  faints  ;  -(the  judge  com- 

[mands 
"  Bring  them,  ye  angels,   from    their   diflant 

[lands. 

i  Chrifl  returns 3  erj  ch earful  paffion  ; 

it,  ye  faints,  he  comes  for  jour  Jahation. 

j\.  '•'Behold  my  covenant  Hands  for  ever  good' 
u  Seal'd  bv  th'  eternal  facririce  in  blood, 
«<   And  f^ni'ci  with  all  their  names  ;  the  Grcck^ 

thej^r, 
<(  That  paid  the  antient  worflnp  or  the   new. 
There* s  no  Jiflin&ion  here,  join  all  )  our  voices, 
And  r  heads,)  e  faints  for  Heav'n  rejoice ■  j 

5.  u  Here  .(faith  the  Lord)  ye    angels,   fpread 

(your  throne?, 
"  And  near  me  feat  my  fav 'rites,  and  my  ions, 
4C  Come,  my  redeem'd,  poifefs  the  joy  prepar'd 

"   E're  time  began  ;  'tis  your   divine    re^vard. 

.■iChrijl  returns,  ivake  every  chearftUpaJJion ; 

*  A 'id  ]hout»je  faints  he  comes  for  jour  Jahation , 

Pause     the  Firth 

6.  "  I  am  the  Saviour,  I  th'  almighty  God, 
-"-I  am  the  judge:  Ye  heav'ns  proclaim  abroad 
€i   My  jutt  eternal  fentence,  and  declare 

*<  Thofe  awful  truths, that  fmners  dread  to  hear 

When  God  appears  all  nature  (hall  adore   him ; 
While  fmners  tremrle,  faints  rejoice  hefcre  kin± 

7.  "  Stand  forth,  thou  bold  blafphemer,  and 

(profane, 
<c  Now  feel  my  vvrath,norcall  my  threat 'nings 

(vain; 
%y  Thou  hypocrite,  once  dreft  in  faint's  attire, 
f  I  doem  the  painted  hvpocrite  to  fire, 

u 


ire  P  s  a  l  m     I. 

Judgment proceeds;  kell trembles i  heav'n  rejoi.es ; 
Lift  up  your  heads,)  c  faints  twith  cheat  Jul  voices; 

8.  "'Not  for  the  want  of  goats  or  bullocks  liaiu 
c<  Do  I  condemn  thee,  bulls  and  goats  are  vain 
"  Without  the  flames  cf  love  i  In  vain  the  itore 
€i  Of  brutal  offerings  that  were  mine  before  : 

Earth  is  the  Lord's,   all  nature  Jhall  adare  him  ; 
While  fmners  tfemble,  faints  rejoice-  befvre  hhn 

o.  "  If  I  vvtre  hungry,  would  I  afkthee  food, 
*<  When  did,  I   thriit    or.„diink    thy   bullocks 

(blood  I 
**  Mine  arethe  tamer  bea its  and  favage.  brectf, 
"  Flocks,  herds,  and  fields,  and  fqrerts  where 

(they  feed  ? 
All  is  the  Lords,  he  rules  the  wide  creation  ; 
Gives  [inner  s  vengeance,  and  jhe  faints  falvation. 

JO.  u  Can  I  be  flatter'd  with  thy  cringing  bows, 
"  Thy  folemn  chatt'i  ings  and  fantaltic  vows  I 
iC  Are  my  eyescharm'd  thy  veflments  tp  behold 
«  Glaring  in  gems,  and  gay  in  woven  gold  r 

Cod  is  the  judqe  *f  hearts  :  no  fair  difguifes 
Can  fcrcen  the  guilty  when  his  vengeance  rifes* 

Pause     the  Second. 

II.  €t  Unthinking    wretch  !  how  couldft  thou 

[hope  to  pleafe 
«  \  God,  a  fpirit,  with  fuch  toys  as  thefe  ? 
"  While  with  my  grace   and   itatutes  on  thy 

,  [tongue 
u  Thon   lov'ft    deceit,  and    doft  thy   brother 

[xvrong  ; 
Judgment  proceeds;  hell  trembles;  heav'n  re- 
joices ; 
Lift  up  your  heads, ye  faints,  with  chearjul  voices 

*  j.  •/  In  Vviin  to  pious  forms  tjliy  zeal  pretends 
u  Thieves  and  adultVers  are  thy  choien  friends 


p  s  a  t  m    l.  it,  ii 

M  Wliilc  t'  e    falft    flai'rer  at   my   altar  waits, 
"  His  iuirden'd  Ibtil    divine   hill  ruction   hates. 

hearts  no  j  air  d'tfguifes, 
Can  fcret  I  Men  hh    vengeance  rifes. 

i:.   u  Silent  I  wajted  ivitli  long-fun* ''ring  lov<  ? 
"Bat  did  i  tflbu  hope  that  1  ihouid  ne'er  reprove 
^  And  cherifh  fnch  an  impious  thought  within 
u  Tiuit  the  all-holy  would  indulge  thy  fin  ? 
See  God  appeal  V&&6P*  hhn% 

i  rs  fall  b  eft  re  hi  hi. 

14.  "  Deltoid  my  t€\  ;  my  thunders  roll 

u  And  thy  own  crimes  affright  thy  guilty  foul: 
•     N  >w  like  a  liojii  fh&ll  ray  vengeance  tear 
4<  Thy  Wee  'ing  heart     aid  no   iielWrer near. 

judgmz;.:  .: :  k*U  trembles  j  heaven  ft* 

[joices  ; 
Lift  up  your  heads, ye  faints,  with  ch  earful  voices 

Epiphonema. 
rj.  Sinners,  awake  b-rtimes  ;  ye  fools,  be  wife  5 
Awake  before  this  dreadful  morning  ri 
Change    your   vain    thoughts,    your    crooked 

[works  amend, 

Fly  to  the  Saviour,make  the  Judge  your  friend. 

Thsn  join  ye  faints,  ivake  every  chearful pajjion  ; 

When  Chrifi returns ,he  comes  for  your  fa  hat ion 

If 'the  for rr.tr  rg  do   not  fit  I  TJumc  of  the 

fiftieth  Pfa!m,  for  want  of  double  rhftrUi  a:  t^eer.d  of  c   t 
za,  I  have  here  altered  the  form  of  it  ranch,  in  order  to  fit  h 
]y  to  the  eld  prcper  Tune  ;  adding .a  Cirrus,  or.  as  fomecal 
burden  of  the  fsng,  betwixt  every  fo-^r   Hues.     I  hope  :t  will  nor  be 
difp leafing  to  the  more  muf:cal  part  of  my  readers,  to  be  eni 
edwith  fcch  a  variety. 

P  s  a   l   m     LI.  Fir  (I  Part  Long  Metr& 
A  Penitefit  pleading  for  Pardon. 
I.  Q*H£W  pity,  Lord,  O  Lord  forgive, 

^  Let  a  repenting  rebel  live  ; 
Are  not  thy  mercies  large  and  free  i 
May  not  a  {inner  trull  in  thee?  INr  2 


•  12  P   I    A    L   M       li. 

2;  My  crimes  are  great,  „but  not  furpais 
The  pow'r  and  glory  of*  thy  grace  ; 
Great  God,   thy  nature  hath  no  bound, 
So  let  thy  pard'ning  love  be  found. 

3.  O  wafh  my  foul  from  ev'ry  fin, 
And  make  my  guilty  conscience  clean  -7 
Here  on  my  heart  the  burden  lies, 
And  pairotTences  pain  my  cyea. 

4.  My  lips  with  (hame  my  fins  confefs 
igainrb  thy  law,  againft  thy  grace: 

Lord,  mould  thy  judgment  grow  fevere, 
I  am  condemrfd,  but  thou  art  clear. 

5.  Should  fudden  vengeance   feize  my  breathy 
3  muft  pronounce  thee  jult  in  death  j 

And  if  my  ibul  were  feiit  to  hell, 
Thy  righteous  law  approves  it  well. 

6;   Yet  lave  a  trembling  finner,  Lord, 
WItofe  hope  fiill  hov'ring  round  thy  word, 
Would  light  on  fome  fweet  promife  there, 
Some  fare  fupport  againfl  deipair. 


sal  M      LI.  Second  Part.     Long  Metre, 

Original   and  ACtur.l  Sin  confejfed. 
ORD  I  am  vile,  conceiv'd  in  fin  ; 
_j    And  born  unholy  and  unclean 
Sprung  from  the  man,  whofe  guilty  fall 
Corrupts  the  raoe,  and  taints  us  all. 

2;  Soon  as  we  draw  our  infant-breath, 
The  feeds  of  fm  grow  up  for  death; 
Thy  law  demands  a  perfect  heart, 
But  we're  dehTd  in  ev'ry  part. 

j.  [Great  Gcd  create  my  heart  anew,. 
Mu\  form  my  fpirit  pure  and- true  : 
O  make  me  wife  betimes  to  fpy 
My  danger,  and  my  remedy.] 


Psalm     li.  11} 

4.  Behold  I  fall  before  thy  face  ; 
My  only  refuge  is  thy  grace  ; 

No  outward  forms  can  make  me  clean  ; 
The  leprofy  lies  deep  within. 

5.  No  bleeding  bird,  nor  bleeding  heart, 
Nor  hyffop-branch,  nor  Sprinkling  prieft, 
Nor  running  brook,  nor  flood,  nor  fta, 
Can  wain  the  difmal  itain  away. 

6.  Jefus,  my  God,  thy  blood  alone 
Hath  pow'r  fufficicnt  to  arone  ; 

Thy  blood  can  make  me  white  as  fnow  ; 
No  Jciuijh  types  could  cleanfe  me  fo. 

7.  While  guilt  duhirbs    and  breaks  my  peace. 
Nor  flefh  nor  foul  hath  reft  or  eafe  ; 

Lord,  let  me  hear  thy  pard'ning  voice, 
And  make  my  broken  bones  rejoice. 

.-.:  4,  5.  Since  the   Pfabrrft   feems  to  refer  to  f ~.e  B-JK.h  j 
rprinklini,    th*    *l::i    af    - 

..:  c»,  SacH  A 

.  could  not  be  omitce.  iliice  to  David  or   to  Chri  i 

b  s  Km, 

P  s  a  l  m     LI.     Third  Part,  Long  Metre. 

The      Back ill der    t&ftofed;  or,    Repent  an::    and 
Faith  in  the  B/oodcfCfmK. 

OTHOU  that  hear'ft  when  finners  cry, 
Tho'  all  my  crimes  before  thee  lie 
Behold  them  not  with  angry   look, 
EvLr-  blot  their  mem  ry  irom  thy  book. 

2.  Create  my  nature  pure  within, 
And  form  my  foul  averie  to  iin  ; 
Let  thy  good  fpirit  ne'er  depart. 
Nor  hide  thy  prefence  from  my  heart. 

tfi  I  cannot  live  without  ttif  light, 
Cult  out  and  banilh'd  from  thy  fight  : 


114  P  S  A  L  M       If.. 

Thine  koly  joys,  ray  God,  reilore, 
And  guard  me  that  I  fail  no  more. 

4.  Tho'  I  have  grieved  thy.fpirit,  Lord, 
His  help  and  comfort  iti  11  afford  : 

And  let  a  wretch  come  near  thy  throne, 
To  plead  the  merits  of  thy  Son. 

5.  A  broken  heart,  my  God,  my  King,. 
Is  all  the  facrifice  I  bring;  ; 

The  God  of  grace  will  ne'er  deipiie 
A  broken  heart  for  facrifice. 

6.  My  foul  lies  humbled  in  the  dufr. 
And  owns  thy  dreadful  fentence  juir. ; 
Look  down,  O  Lord,  with  pitying  eye, 
And  fave  the  foul  condemn 'd  to  die. 

7.  Then  will  I  teach  the  -world  thy  ways  ; 
Sinners  (hall  learn  thy  fovYeign  grace  ; 
I'll  lead  them  to  mv  Saviour's  blood, 
And  they  fhall  praife  a  pard'riing  God. 

8.  O  may  thy  lore  infpire  my  tongue  !  S 
Salvation  (hall  be  all  my  fong  ; 

And  all  my  pow'rs  fhall  join  to  blels 

The  Lord,  my  Strength  and  righteonfneis. 

The   i7thverfe,  concerning  the  facrifitis  of  a  broken  kcr.ity.\ 
have  here  tranfptfed,  to  mike  an  easier  connection. 

■  1  >  . 

Psalm     LI.  3 — 13.    Fir Jt  Part. 
Common  Metre. 

Original  and  actual  Sin  confejfed  and'pardoxed. 

I.   1       ORD,  I  would  fpread  my  fore  diifcrefs, 

J i      and  guilt  before  thine  eves; 

Again  ft  thy  laws,  again  it  thv  grace, 
how  high  my  crimes  arife  ! 

2*   Should'lt  thou  condemn  my  foul  to  hell,, 
auit  crum  my  fle/h  to  duny 


P  S  A  L  W    n.  115 

Heav'n  would  approve  thy  vengeance  well, 
and  earth  mull  own  it  juft. 

3.  I  from  the  itock  of  Adam  came, 
unholy  and  unclean  ; 

All  my  original  is fhame, 
and  all  my  nature  fiu*. 

4.  Born  in  a  world  of  guilt,  I  drew 
contagion  with  my  hi  eat  h  ; 

And  as  my  days  advanced,  1  gie\y 
a  julier  prey  for  death. 

5.  Cleanfe  me,  O  Lord^  and  chear  my  foul 
with  thy  forgiving  love  : 

O  make  my  broken  tpirit  whole, 
and  bid  my  pakis  remove. 

6.  Let  not  thy  fpirit  quite  depart^ 
nor  drive  me  from  thy  face* ; 

Create  anew  my  vicious  heart, 
and  fill  it  with  thy  grace. 

7.  Then  will  I  make  thy  mercy  known. 
before  the  fbns  of  men  ; 

Backfliders  (hail  addrefs  thy  throne, 
and  turn  to  God  again. 

*   Or  it  may  be  read,  mj  nature  prone  to  /?«.' 

Psalm    LI.    14—17.    Second  Part.     Com.  Met. 
Repentance  and  Faith  in  the  Blood  c/Chrilh 

1.  •^V  God  of  mercy,  hear  my  call, 
V_>/      my  loads  of  guilt  remove; 

"Break  dawn  this  feparating  wall,, 
that  barsny?  from  my  lov«, 

2.  Give  me  the  prefence  of  thy  grace, 
then  my  rejoicing  tongue  ~ 

Sliall  fpeak  aloud  thy  righteoufrefs, 
and  make  thy  praife  my  fong. 


Ii6  Psalm      liii,  Iv* 

3«   No  blood  of  goats,  nor  heifer  flaiu 

for  fin  conk'1  e'er  atone  ; 
The  death  of  67;;///  mall  itill  remain 

lufficient  and  alone. 

4.  A  foul  opprefl:  with  fins  defert, 

my  God  will  ne'er  defpife  ; 
Py  humble  groan,  a  broken  heart, 

is  our  belt  facrince. 

Psalm    LIII.   4 — 6. 
Vltlory  and  Deliverance  from  Persecution. 

T.      A  RE  all  the  foes  of  Sion  fools, 

j\     who  thus  devour  her  faints  ? 
Do  they  not  know  her  Saviour  rules, 
and  pities  her  complaints. 

2.  They  (hall  be  feiz'd  with  fad  furprize  * 
for  God's  revenging  arm 

Scatters  the  bones  of  them  that  rife 
to  do  his  children  harm. 

3.  In  vain  the  fons  of  Satan  bo.v't 
of  armies  in  array  ; 

When  God  lias  firft  defpis'd  their  holly 
they  fall  an  eafv  prey. 

4.  O  for  a  word  from  2<:on$  king 
her  captives  to  re  {lore  ! 

Jacob  with  all  his  tribes  (hall  ling, 
and  Juda  weep  no  more. 

The  firft  part  of  ihispuilm  is  the  fame  with  the  rith 

Psalm  LV.  1—8,  16,  17,  18,  22.  Com.  Metre* 
Support  for  the  affliCi  d  and  tempted  Sou/. 
GOD,  my  refuge,  hear  my  criesP 


'  o 


behold  my  flowing  tears; 
Tor  earth  and  heil  my  hurt  deviier 


P  s  a   t  m    IV;  1*17 

;,.  Their  rage  is  levell'd  at  my  life, 

my  ioul  with  guilt  they  load. 
Ami  fill  my  thoughts  with  inward  ftrife, 
to  make  my  hope  in  God. 

:,  With  inward  pain  my  heatt-flrings  found, 

I  groan  with  ev'ry  breath  , 
Horror  and  fear  befet  me  round, 
amongft  the  fhades  of  death. 

5.  O  were  I  like  a  feather'd  dove, 

and  innocence  had  wings  ; 
I'd  fly,  and  make  a  long  remove, 

from  all  thefe  reltlefs  things, 

5.  Let  me  to  fome  wild  defart  go, 
and  find  a  peaceful  home  ; 

Where  frorms  of  malice  never  blow, 
temptations  never  come. 

6.  Vain  hopes,  and  vain  inventions  allr 
to  'icape  the  rage  of  hell ! 

The  mighty  God,  on  whom  I  call, 
can  lave  me  here  as  well. 

%  Pa    u   s   e, 

7.  By  morning  light  I'll  leek  his  face, 
at  noon  repeat  my  crv, 

The  night  mall  hear  me  afk  his  grace, 
nor  will  he  long  deny. 

S.   God  fhall  preferve  my  foul  from  fear, 

or  iiiield  me  when  afraid  ; 
Ten  thofiiand  angels  mult  appear, 

if  he  command  their  aid.  '  • 

o.   I  cad  my  burdens  on  the  Lord, 

the  Lord  fuftains  them  aH  ; 
My  courage  reils  upon  his  word, 

that  faints  mall  never  fall. 

10.   Mv  higheft  liopes  mall  not  be  vain, 

iny  lips  mall  fpread  his  praife  ;  i 


Xl8  P    S     A     £    M      Iv. 

While  cruel  and  deceitful  men, 
fcarce  live  out  half  their  clays. 

I    have  left  cat  (omc  while  pfalms,  and   fereral   v 
that  tend  u  hi;  the  mind  with  tnrernuht . 
fentr.icr.:  Arc  fo  well   filled  to  the  fpiril 

gofpel,  and  therefore  the    paitkilar   camp  la i  .•. 
Achitofhvl  here  are  entirely  omitted- 


Psalm     LV.    v.  15,  16,  17,  19,  2t\ 
Short  Metre. 

Dangerous  ProTpsriiy  ;   or,  <&fe^  Dtvr>iio>:5 

1.  T  r>  take  tTK:r  co-i-'%, 

j  death  ; 

But,  inthewc  .     nv  God, 

I'll  ipencl  11.  1  -eat::. 

2.  My  thoughts  iddrefs  his  throne,  v 
when  morning  brings  the  light ; 

1  feek  his  blefSng  e\ -'ry  noon, 
and  pay  mv  vows  at  night. 

5.  Thou  wilt  regard  my  cries, . 
O  mv  eternal  God, 
While  finner's  perilh  in  furprife,, 
beneath  thine  angry  rod, 

4.  Becaufc  ther  dwell  at  eafe, 
and  no  fad  changes  feel, 

They  neither  fear  nor  trod  thy  name, 
nor  learn  to  do  thy  will. 

5.  Rut  I  with  all  mv  cares, 
will  lean  upon  the   Lord, 

I'll  call  mv  burdens  on  1  is  arm, 
and  relt  upon  his  woi  I. 

6.  His  arm  mall  well  fuftain, 
the  children  of  1  is  love  ; 

The  ground  on  which  their  fafety  ftands, 
no  earthly  po  v'i  can  move. 


?   s    A    l    M     Jri.  no 

P   S    A    L    M       LVI. 

'Deliverance  j "rem  OffrcJJlon  and  Fa/foccd  ;  or, 
Cod  s  Care  of  his  P,cple}  in  Anj-^er  to  tilth 
and  Prayer. 

OTHOU  wrofe   juftice  rcis; us  on  b£gb? 
and  makes  tli'  opprelfor  ct-uie, 
Behold  how  envious  (inners  try 
to  vex  unci  break    my  peace  i 

2.  The  Tons  of  violence  and  lies 
join  to  devour  me,   Lord  ; 

3ut,  as  my  hourly  dangers  rife, 
my  refuge  is  thy  word. 

3.  In  God  mo(l  holy,  juit  and  true, 
I  have  repos'd  my  truit  ; 

Nor  will  I  fear  what  fiefh  can  do, 
the  offspring  of  the  duit. 

4.  They  wreit  my  words  to  mifchief  (till, 
charge  me  with  unknown  faut's  ; 

Mifchief  doth  all  their  counfel-  fill, 
and  malice  ail  their  thoughts. 

5.  Shall  they  efcape  without  thy  frown  ? 
muit  their  devices  fland  ? 

:  O  calt  the  haughty  finner  down, 
and  let  him  know  thy  hand  1 

P    A     U    5      E. 

6.  God  courts  the  forrows  of  his  faints, 
their  groans  affect  his  ears  ; 

Thou  hail  a  book  for  mj  complaints, 
a  bottle  for  my  tears. 

7.  When  to  \h\  throne  I  raife  my  cry, 
the  wicked  fear  and  fiee  ; 

So  fwi-f  t  is     r  ye\  to  reach  the  iky, 
fo  near  is  God  to  me. 


120  Psalm     Ivj,  lvii. 

8.  In  thee,  woft  holy,    juft  and  true, 
I  have  repos'd  my  truit  ; 

Nor  will  I  tear  what  man  can  do, 
the  offspring  of  "the  dult. 

9.  Thy  folemn  vows  are  on  me,   Lord, 
thou  Jhalr  receive  mv  praife; 

I'll  Bug  Hw  faithful  h  thy  w*fj, 

How  righteous  ail  thy  ways  ! 

10.  Thou  hail  fecur'd  my  foul  from  death, 
O  let  thy  prVnertfree  1 

That  heart  and  hand,  and  life  and  hreath, 
may  he  employ 'd  for  thee. 

P  s,  a  L  M        LVli. 

Praife  for  Protection,  Grace  and  Truth. 

j,Tk    J"  Y  God,  in   whom  are  all  the    fprings 

xVX  Of  boundlefs  love,  and  grace  unknown, 
Hide  me  beneath  thy  Spreading   wings. 
1  Till  the  dark  oloud  is  overblown. 

2.   Up  to  the  heav'ns  I  (end    my  cry, 

The  Lord  will  my  de  fires  preform ; 

He  fends  his  angels  from  the  Iky, 

And  faves  me  from  the  threat'ning  ftorm. 

5.   Be  thou  exalted,  O  my  God, 
Above  the  heav'ns  where  angels  dwell; 
Tby  pow'r  on  earth  be  known  abroad, 
And  land  to  land  thy  wonders  tell. 

4.  My  heart  is  -fix'd  ;  my  feng  mall  raife 
Immortal  honours  to  thy  name  ; 
Awake  my  tongue  to  found  his  praife, 
My  tongue,  the  glory  of  my  frame, 

5.  High  o'er  the  earth  his  mercy  reigns, 
And  reaches  to  the  utmod  Iky  : 

His  truth  to  endlefs  years  remains, 
When  lower  worlds  diifolve  and  die, 


P-  S    A    L    M      lviii.  T2T 

t*.   Be   thou  exalted,   O  my  God,  ■ 
Above  the  heav'ns  where  angels  dwell  ; 
Thv  pow'ron  earth  be  known  abroad, 
And  land  to  land  thy  wonders  tell. 


P  s  a   l   m     LVIII.  As  the    113th    Pialm. 

7,"  '.^i ft  rati*. 

1.  T  UDGES,  who  rule  the  world  by  laws 
J  Will  ye  defpiie  the    righteous  cauie, 

When  tlf  injured  poor  before  you  Hands  ? 
Dare  ye  condemn  the  righteous  poor, 
And  let  rich  Gutters  Ycape  It- cure, 

While  gold  and  greatnefs  bribe  your  hands! 

2.  Have  ye  forgot,  or  never  knew, 
That  God  will  judge  the  judges  too  \ 

High  in  the    Heav'ns  his  jullice  reigns. 
Yet  you  invade  the  rights  of  God, 
And  fend  your  bold  decrees  abroad, 

To  bind  the  conscience  in  your  chains, 

3.  A  poifon'd  arrow  is  your  tongue. 
The  arrow  fharp  the  poiibn  Itrong, 

And  death  attends  where'er  it  wounds  : 
You  hear  no  counfels,  cries  or  tears ; 
So  the  deaf  adder  Hops  her  ears 

Againll  the  pow'r  of  charming  founds. 

4.  Break  out  their  teeth,   eternal  God, 
Thofe  teeth  of  lions  dy'd  in  blood  • 

And  crufli  the    ierpents  in  theduft; 
As  empty  chaff  when  whirlwind's  rife, 
Before  the  fweeping    tern  pelt  flies, 

So  let  their  hopes  and  names  be  lore. 

5.  Th'  almighty  thunders  from  the  fky, 
Their  grandeur  melts,  their  titles  die, 

As  hills  of  fnow  rijtfolve  and  run, 
Or  fnails  that  perifli  in  their  ilime, 
M 


i 


122  P  S    A    L   M       lx. 

Or  births  that  come  before  their  time, 
Vai.i  birth*,    that  never  iee  the  fun. 

6.   Thus  fli  ill  the  vengc:!ii-e  of  the  Lord 
^Safety  and  joy  to  faints  afford  , 

And  all  that  hear  (hall  join  and  fay, 
"  Sure  there's  a  God  that  rules  on  high, 
4i  A  God  that  hears  his  children  cry, 

u  And  will  their  fuff  'rings  well  repay." 


P  S  A   I    M     LX.     T {,    TO- 


-T2. 


On  a  Day  of  Einniliation  for  Difappoint?nenls  in 
War. 

1.  T      ORD.    halt  thou  call  the  nation  off  I 

^ _J      rnnft  we  for  ever  mourn  ? 
Wilt  thou  i^dulcre  immortal  wrath  ? 
fhall  mercy  ne'er  return  I 

2.  The  terror  of  one  frown  of  thine, 
melts  all  our  ftren^th  away  ;  * 

Like  men  that  totter  drunk  with  wine  ; 
we  tremble  in  difmay. 

3.  Great- Britain    fhi*kes  beneath  thy  ftroke, 
and  dreads  thy  threat'ning  hand  : 

O  heal  the  ifland  thou  hall  broke, 
confirm  the  wavYing  land. 

4.  Lift  up  a  banner  in  the  field, 
for  r.hofe  that  fear  thy  name   ; 

Save  thy  beloved  with  thy  fhield, 
and  put  our  foes  to  fhame. 

5.  Go  with  our  armies  to  the  fight, 
iike  a  contetPrate  God  ;  < 

In  vain  confed'i  ate  pow'rs  unite 
againlt  thy  lifted  rod. 

6.  Our  troops  (hall  gain  a  wide  renown 
by  thine  aihfhng  hand  ; 

*Tis  Cjod  that  treads  tiie  mighty  down, 
ami  wakes  the  ieeble  iUiuh 


P    S    A    L    M      Ixi,    j:ri.  iaj 

P    S     A     L     M       LXI.     I 6. 

Safety  hi  Cod, 

1.  TT;  HEN  overwhelm 'd  wit?i  grief 

\  V        my  heart  within  me  dit>, 
Helplefs  and  far  from  all    re- 1  re  f, 
to  Heav'n  I  lift  mine  eyes. 

2.  O  Jead  me  to  the  rock 
that's  high  above  my  head, 

And  make  the  covert    of   thy  wings 
my  fhelter  and  my  made. 

3.  Within  thy  prefence,  Lord, 
for  ever  I'll  abide  ; 

Xhou  art   the  tow'r  of  my  defence, 
the  refuge  where  I  hide. 

4.  Thou  give  ft  me   the  lot 
of  thole  that  fear  thy  name  ; 

If  endlefs  life  be  their  reward, 
I  mail    poiTefs  the  fame. 

Psalm     LXII.     5 12. 

No  Trufl   in  the  Creatures  ;  or,    Faith  in   divint 
Grace  and  Power* 

I.llyrY    fpirit  looks  to  God  alone  ; 

1 VX   My  rock  and  refuge  is   his    throne  ; 
In  all  my  fears,    in  all  my  {traits, 
My  foul  on  his  falvation  waits. 

2.  Truft  him,    ye  faints,    in  all  your  ways, 
Pour  out  your  hearts  before  his  face  : 
When  helpers  fail,   and  foes    invade, 
God  is  our  all-fufrkient  aid. 

3.  Falfe  are  the  men  of  high  degree, 
The  bafer  fort   are  vanity  ; 

Laid  in  the  balance,    both  appear 
Light  as  a  puff  of  empty   air. 


124  Psalm     Ixii,  Ixjil. 

4.  Make  not  increafing  gold    your  trufK 
Nor  let   your  lieart  011    glttt'ring  dull  ,- 
Why  will  you  grafp   the  fleeting  fmoke, 
And  not  believe    what  God  has  fpoke  ?. 

5.  Once  has  his  awful  voice  declar'd, 
Once  and  again  my  ears  have  heard, 
"  All  pow'r  is  his  eternal  due  ; 

"  He  mult  be  fear'd  and  trufted  too." 

6.  For  Cantteign  power  reigns  not  alone, 
Grace  is  a  partner  of  the  throne  ; 

Thy  grace  and  jnilice,  mighty  Lord, 
Shall  well  divide  our  lall  reward. 

Psalm    LX1II.    r,  2,  5,  3,  *    Firfi     Fart. 
Common       M.  t.-e. 

The  Morning  of  a  L  ord  *s  Day . 
T.  TT^ARLY,  my  God,  without  delay, 

jL_J    1  ha^le  to  feek  thy  face; 
My  thirfty  fpirit  faints  away, 
without  thy  c  hearing  grace. 

2  .  So  pilgrims  en  the  fcorching  land, 

beneath  a  burning  fky, 
Long  for  a  cooling  ilream  at  hand, 

and  they  mult  drink  cr  die. 

3.  I've  feeh  thy  glory,  and   thy  pow'r, 
thro'  all  thy  temple  fhine  ; 

Mv  God  repeat  that  rfeav'hly  hour, 
that  vifioa  fo  ciiv  Inc. 

4.  Not  all  the  bte  flings  of  a  feaft 
can  pleafe  my  foal  fo  well, 

As  when  thy  richer  grace  I  taile, 
and  ia  thy  pre  fence  dwell. 

4.   Not  life  itfelf,  with  .ill  her  joys,, 
can  my  bed  paflions  move, 


P  S   A   L   M     Ixiii.  1*5 

Or  raife  Co  high  my  chearful  voice, 
as  thy  forgiving  love. 

5.  Tims,  till  my  lait  expiring  day, 

I'll  blefs  my  God  and  king ; 
Thus  will  I  lift  my  hands  to  pray, 

and  tune  my  lips  to  ling. 


P   s   a   l   m     LXIII.  6-. 10.     Second   Part. 

Common  metre. 

M'tdntgkt  Thoughts  recollecled 

1.  '  rp  WAS  in  the  watches  of  the  night 

I       I  thought  upon  thy  pow'r, 
I  kept  thy  lovely  face  in  fight, 
amidit  the  darkeft  hour. 

2.  My  flefh  lay  refting  on  my  bed, 
my  foul  aroie  on  high  ; 

"  My  Cod,  my  life,  my  hope,  I  faid 
"  bring  tfiy  faivation  nigh" 

3.  My  fpirit  labours  up  thine  hill, 
and  cdmbs  the  heav'nly  road; 

But  thy  right  hand  upholds  me  frill, 
while  I  purfue  my  God. 

4.  Thy  mercy  ftretches  o'er  my  head 
the  fhadow  of  thy  wings ; 

My  heart  rejoices  in  thine  aid, 
my  tongue  awakes  and  fings. 

5.  But  the  deitroyers  of  my  peace 
fhall  f-et  and  rage  in  vain  ; 

The  tempter  fhall  for  ever  ceafe, 
and  all  my  fins  bejft&m. 

6.  Thy  fword  fhall  give  my  foes  to  death, 
and  fend  them  down  to  dwell 

In  the  dark  caverns  of  the  earth,  *** 

or  to  the  deeps  of  hell. 

Nj 


I2i  Psalm     Ixiii'. 

Psalm     LXIII.  Lono  Metre. 

Longing  after  Cod;  or,  ft*  Love  of  Cod  Letter 
then  Li:e. 

1.  f^  Re  at   God  indulge  my  humble  claim, 
\Jf  Thou  art  my  hope,   my  joy,  my  reft  ; 

The  glories  that  compofe  thy  name, 
Stand  all  engag'd  to  make  me  bleit. 

2.  Thou  great  and  good,  thou   jull  and  wife> 
Thou  art  mv  father  and  my  God  ; 

And  I  am  thine  by  (acred  ties  ; 

Thy  ion,  thy  fervant  bought  with  blood. 

3.  With  heart  and  eyes,  and  lifted  hands, 
For  thee  I  long,  to  thee  I  look, 

As  travellers,  in  tbirfty  lauds, 
Pant  for  the  Cooling  water  brook. 

4.  With  early  feet  I  love  t'appear 
Among  thy  faints,   and  feek  thy  face  7 
Oft  have  1  (ten  thy  glory  theie, 
And  felt  the  pow'r  of  fov'rt  ign  grace 

5.  Not  fri.its  nor  wines  that  tempt  our  tafte.- 
Nor  ail  tne  joys  our  fenies  knov, 

Ccuid  make  me  lb  divinely    bleit, 
Or  raiie  my  chcarful  pailions  fo. 

6.  M\  life  itielf,   \vitl)out  thy  love, 
]So  talte  of  pleafure  could  afford  ; 
'Twouki  but  a  tireibme  burden  pixrve, 
If  I  were  baniuYd  from  tlie  Lord. 

7.  Amidrt  the  wakeful  hours  of  night, 
When  bufy  cares  afflict   my  Lead, 

One  thought  of  th.ee  gives  new  delight, 
And  adds  refreihment  to  my  bed. 

8.  I'M  lift  my  hand?,  Til  raife  my  voice, 
While  I  hare  breach  to  pray  or  praife  : 


Psalm     lxiii.  127 

This  woi  k  fliall  make  my  Heart  rejoice, 
And  fpend  the  remnant  of  mv  days. 

P  s  a  l  m     LXIII.     Sliort  Metre. 

Seeking  Cod, 

1.  "\  £  Y  God,  permit  my  tongue 
1.VJ.  tms  ]°y>  to  ca*l  thee  mine,. 

And  let  my  early  cries  prevail 
to  taite  thy   love  divine. 

2.  My  thirfty  fainting  foul 
thy  mercy  doth  implore  ; 

Not  travellers  in  defart  lands, 
can  pant  for  water  more. 

3.  Within  thy  churches,   Lord,, 
1  long  to  find  my  place, 

Thy  povv'r  and  glory  to  behold, 
and  feel  thy  quickening  grace, 

4.  For  life,  without  thy  love, 
iio  relijh  can-,  afford  ; 

N(  joy  can  be  compared  to  this,. 
to  ferve  and  pleale  the  Lord* 

5.  To  thee  I  lift  my  hands, 
and  prai.e  thee  while  I  H\e  ;. 

Not  all  the  dainties  of  a  fealt,. 
fach  food  or  pieaiure  give, 

6.  In  wakeful  hours  at  night, 
1  call  my  God  to  mind  , 

I  think  how  wife  thy  counfels  are, 
and  all  thy  dealings  kind. 

7.  Since  thou  hall  been  my  help, 
to  thee  my  fpirit  flies  ; 

And  on  thy  watchful  providence, 
my  cheariul  hope  relies. 


ia8  P  S   A   L   m     Ixiii,  Ixv. 

8.  The  fhadow  of  thy  wings, 
mv  ionl  in  fafety  keeps  ; 
I  follow  where  my  father  leads, 
and  he  fup  ports  my  fteps. 

After  I  had  rin  tilled  the  common  metre  of  tills  pflilm,  I  obferved 
feveral  pioas  turns  of  thought  in  Dr.  Patrick' >  veriion,  which  I 
have  copied  in  this  metre,  though  with  lbme  difficulty,  beuiufe  of 
the  fhorter  linesl 

Psalm   LXV.   i 5.   Firji  Part.  Com.  Met* 

Public  Prayer  a?:d  Praife* 

i.r  n  \  H  E  praife  of  Sio?i  waits  for  thee, 

X     My  God,  and  praiie  becomes  thy  houfe, 
There  (hall  thy  faints  thy  glory  (ee, 
Aud  there  perform  their  public  vows. 

2.  O  thou,  whofe  mercy  bends  the  fkies 
To  lave  when  humble  iinnerspray, 
All  lands  to  thee  fhall  lift  their  eyes, 
And  iilands  of  the  Nothern  fea. 

3.  Again  ft  my  will  my  fins  prevail, 
But  grace  (hall  purge  away  their  itain  ; 
The  blood  of  Ch  ift  will  never  fail 

To  wain  my  garments  white  again. 

4.  Bleft  is  the  man  whom  thou  (halt  chufe, 
And  give  him  kind  accefs  to  thee  : 

Give  him  a  place  within  thv  houfe. 
To  taile  thy  love  divinely  free. 

Pause. 

5.  Let  Babel Tear  when  Sion  prays  j 
Babel  \rre\mre  for  long  dillrefs 
When  Stores  God  bimfelf  arrays, 
In  terror  and  in  righteoufnefs. 

6.  With  dreadful  glory  God  fulfils,, 
What  his  afflicted  faints  recpeit ; 


Psalm      Ixt.  12^ 

And  with  almighty  wrath  reveals 
His  love,  to  give  his  churches  reft. 

7.  Then  flialTthe  flocking  nations  run 
To  Sion's  hill,  and  own  their  Lord  ; 
The  rifino'  and  the  fettino-  fun, 
Shall  fee  the  Saviour's  name  ador'd. 

Psalm      LXV.    ,5 — 13.     Second     Part. 
Long*  Metre. 

Divine   Providence   in    Air,  Earth  and  Sea;   or, 
Yhe  Cod  of  Nature  and  Grace. 

1.  r  ■  A  H  E  God  cf  our  falvation  hears 

1      ^ 'ie  groans  of  Si:?>  mix'd  with  tears; 
Yet  wjien  «,e  corals  with  kind  defigns, 
Thro'  all  UiZ  way  has  terror  mines. 

2.  On  him  the  race  cf  man  depends, 
Far  as  tbe  earth's  remoteit  ends, 
Where  tlie  Creators  name  is  known 
By  nature's  feeble  light  alone. 

g.   Sailors,  that  travel  o'er   the  flood^ 
Addrefs  their  frighted  fouls  to  God, 
When  tempelts  rage  and  billows  roar. 
At  dreadful  difiance  from  the  ftiore. 

4.  He  bids  the  noify  tempefl  ceafe  ; 
He  calms  the  raging  croud  to  peace, 
When  a  tumultuous  nation  r*ves, 
Wild  as  the  winds,  and  loud  as   waves. 

5.  Whole  kingdoms,  fhaken  by  the  ilorra^ 
He  fettles   in  a  peaceful  form  j 
Mountains  eflablifh'd  bv  his  liand, 

firm  on  their  old  foundations  (laud. 

6.  Behold  his  enfigns  fweep   the  ikv, 
Nt  >v  comets  blaze,  and  lightening  fiysj 


,130  P   S    A    L    M     Ixv. 

The  Heathen  lands,  with  fwifit  furprize, 
From  the  blight  horrors  turn  then  eyes. 

7.  At  his  command  the  morninjr-ray 
Smiles  in  the  eaff,   and  le;uls  the  day  ; 
He  guides  the  Tun's  declining  wheels, 
Over  the  tops  of  Weftern  hills. 

8.  Seafons  and  times  obey  his  voice, 
The  ev  ning  and  the  morn  rejoice, 

To  fee  the  earth  made  (oft  with  fhow'rs, 
Laden  with  fruit,  and  drefs'd  in  flow'rs 

9.  'Tis  from  his  wat'ry  ft: ores  on  high, 
He  gives  the  thirfty  ground  fupply  ; 
He  walks  upon  the  clouds,  and  thence 
Doth  his  enriching  drops  difpence. 

10.  1  he  deiart  grows  a  fruitful  field, 
Abundant  food  the  vallies  yield  ; 
The  vallies  ihout  with  chearful  voice, 
And  neighb'ring  hills  repeat  their  joys. 

1 1 .  The  paitures  fmile  in  green  array  ; 
There  lambs  and  larger  cattle  play  ; 
The  larger  cattle  and  the  lamb, 

Each  in  his  language,  fpeaks  thy  name. 

12.  Thy  works  pronounce  thy  pow'r  divine; 
O'er  ev'ry  field  thy  glories  fhine  ; 

Thro'  ev'ry  mouth  thy  gifts  appear  ; 
Great  God  !  thy  goodnefs  crowns  the  year. 

Psalm     LXV.  Fir  ft  Part. 

Common  Metre. 

A  Prayer -hearing  Cod,  and  the  Gentiles  called. 
1.  T)  RAISE  waits  in  Zion,  Lord,    for  thee, 

X       there  (hall  our  vows  be  paid  : 
Thou  haft  an  ear  when  finners  pray, 

all  fleih  (hall  leek  thine  aid. 


P     S     A     L     M        IXT.  131 

2.  I  iniquities  prevail, 

hut  pard'niilg  grace  is  thine, 
And  tliou  will  grant  us  pow'r  and  /kill, 

to  conquer  ev'rv  tin. 

c.  Blefs'd  are  the  men  whom    thou    wilt  chufe 

to  bring  them  near  thy  race, 
Give  them  a  dwelling  in  thine  houfe, 

to  r'eail  upon  thy  grace. 

5.   In  anfw'ring  what  thy  church  requests, 

tbj   truth  and  terror  Qiiiie, 
Ana  works  of  dreadful  rightcouriiefs 

fulfil  thy  kind  deiign. 

5.  Thus  ihall  the  wond'ring  nations  fee. 
the  Lord  is  good  and  juit  ; 

And  diitant  lllands  fly  to  thee, 
and  make  thy  name  their  truft. 

6.  They  dread  thy  glitt'ring  tokens,   Lord, 
when  figns  in  Heav'n  appear  j 

But  they  mall  learn  thy  holy  word, 
and  love  as  well  as  fear. 

P  s   a   l   M     LXV.     Second  Part. 
Common    Metre. 

~7ke  Provide ncs    of  Cod  in    Air,    Earth ,  and  Sea; 
or,  The  Bkffing  of  Rain. 

'r  &  ^  IS  bv  thy  ftrengththe  mountains  (land, 

JL        God  of  eternal  pow'r  , 
The  fea  grows  calm  at  thy  command, 

and  tempeils  ceafe  to  roar. 

2.  Thj   morning-light,  and  evening-made, 

(uccefiive  comfort  bring; 
Thy  plenteous  fruits  make  harvelt  glad, 

thy  now'r*  adorn  the  fpring. 


132  Psalm     Ixv. 

3.  Seafons  and  times,  and  moons,   and    hours, 
Heav'n,  earth  and  air,  are  thine  ; 

When  clouds  diitil  in  fruitful  fhow'rs, 
the  author  is  divine. 

4.  Thofe  wand'i  ing  cittern's  in  the  flcV, 
borne  by  tlie  winds  around, 

Witli  wat'ry  treafures  wellfupply 
the  furrows  of  the  ground. 

5.  The  thirily  ridges  drink  their  fill* 
and  ranks  of  corn  appear  ; 

Thy  ways  abound  with  bleffiugs  dill, 
tli y  good ne f$  crowns  the  year. 

Psal  M   LXV.      The  Third  Part. 
Common  Metre. 

The  Blsjjlngs  of  the  Sprhi?;  or,  God  gives    Ram? 

A    Pfdm  for    the    Hufbandman. 

1.  S~^\  OOD  is  the  Lord,  the  Heav'nly  King, 
VJT      who  makes  the  earth  his  care, 

Viiits  the  paitures  ev'ry  fpring, 
and  bids  the  grafs  appear. 

2.  The  clouds,  like  rivers    rais'd  on  high, 
pour  out,    at  thy  command, 

Their  wat'ry  blerTings  from  the  iky, 
to  chear  the  thirlty  land. 

3.  The  foft'ned  ridges  of  the  field 
permit  the  corn  to  ipring  ; 

The  vallies  rich  proviiion    yield, 
and  the  poor  lab'rers  ling. 

4.  The  little  hills,   on  ev'ry  fide, 
rejoice  at  falling  fhow'rs, 

The  meadows,  drefs'd   in  all   their  pride, 
perfume  the  air  with  rlow'rs. 


Psalm    Lyv,  Ixvi.  133 

5.  The  barren  clods,  refreuYd  with  rain, 
promife  a  joyful  crop  ; 

The  parching  grounds  look  green  again, 
and  raife  the  reaper's  hope, 

6.  The  various  months  thy    goodnefs  crowns, 
how  bouut'ous  are   thy  wa\  s  ? 

The  bleating  flocks  fpread  o'er  tlie  downs, 
and  fhepherds  ihout  thy  praiie. 

Psalm   LXVI.     Fir Jl  part. 

Governing  Power  and  Goodnefs  ;   or,  Our   Gract 

tried  by  Afflictions. 

1 .  H  1  N  G  all  ye  nations  to  the  Lord, 
^   Sing  with  a  joyful  noiie  ; 

With  melody  of  found  record 
his  honours,  and  your  joys, 

2.  Say  to  the  powV  that  makes  the  iky, 
"  how  terrible  art  thou  ! 

<(  Sinners  before  thy  prefence  fly, 
"  or  at  thy  feet  they  bow." 

3.  [Come,  fee  tlie  wonders  of  our  God, 
how  glorious  are  his  ways  ! 

In  Mofes"  hand  he  puts  his  red, 
and  cleaves  the  i  righted  feas. 

4.  He  made  the  ebbing-  channel  dry, 
while  //VWpafs'd  the  flood  ; 

There  did  the  church  begin  their  joy, 
and  triumph  in  their  God.] 

5.  He  rules  by  his  refill  left  might  : 
will  rebel  mortals  dare 

Provoke  th'  Eternal  to  the  fight, 
and  tempt  that  dreadful  wai  ? 

6.  O  bVfs  our  God.  and  n^vei  ccafe, 
ye  faints,  fulfil  his  praiie  : 

O 


134  Psalm     lwi. 

He  keeps  our  life,  maintains  our  peace, 
and  guides  our  doubtful  ways. 

7.  Lord,  thou  haft  prov'd  our  luff 'ring  fouls, 
to  make  our  graces  fhine  ; 

So  Giver  bears  the  burning  coals, 
the  metal  to  refine. 

8.  Thro'  wat'ry  deeps,  and  fiery  ways, 
we  march  at  thy  command, 

Led  to  poflefs  the  promh'd  place, 
by  thine  unerring  hand. 

Psalm     LXVI.    13 — —20.     Second   Fart. 
Praife  to  Cod  for  hearing  Prayer, 

1.  "fcv  T  O  W  fhall  my  folemn  vows  be  paid 
JL^I      to  that  almighty  pow'r, 

That  heard  the  long  requeits  1  made 
in  my  diitrefsful  hour. 

2.  My  lips  and  cliearful  heart  prepare 
to  make  his  mercies  known  ; 

Come  ye  that  fear  my  God,  and  hear 
the  wonders  he  has  done. 

3.  When  on  my  head  huge  forrows  fell, 
I  fought  his  heav'nly  aid  ; 

He  Giv'd  my  finking  ioul  fiom  hell, 
and  death's  eternal   made. 

4.  If  fin  lay  cover'd  in   my  heart, 
while  prav'r  employ  d  my  tongue, 

The  Lord  had  fhewn  me  no  regard, 
nor  1  his  praifes  fung. 

5.  But  God  (his  name  be  ever  blei') 
has  fet  my  fpirit  tree  ; 

N^r  turn'd  from  him  my  poor  requeft, 
nor  turn'd  his  heart  from  me. 


P   s    a   l   m     Ixvii.  135" 

P   S   A    L   M       LXVII. 

Th:  Nations  T  r  oj  ferity,  and  ih:  Ch::r:h"  s  Incrcafs. 

SHINE,  mighty  (Sod,    on  Britain  (hint, 
With  beams  of   hcav'nly  grace  ; 
Reveal  thy   poW'r  thro'  all  our  coalls, 
and  fhew  tliv  finiting  face. 

2.  [Amidit  our  ifle,   exalted  high, 
do  thou  our  glory  (land, 

And,  like  a  wall  of   guardian   fire, 
furround  the  fav'rite  land.] 

3.  When  fliall  thv  name,   from  fhore  to  fiiore, 
found    all  the  earth  abroad, 

And  di(t ant  nations  know  and  love 
their  Saviour  and  their  God  ? 

4.  Sing  to  the  Lord,    ye  diftant   lands, 
ling  loud  with  folemn  voice  ; 

While  Brittjb  tongues    exalt  his  praife, 
and  Britijb  hearts  rejoice. 

5.  He  the  great  Lord,  the  fov'reign  judge, 
that  fits  enthron'd  above, 

Wifely  commands  the  worlds  he  made, 
in   jultice  and  in  love. 

6.  Earth  fliall  obey  her  maker's  will, 
and    yield  a  lull   increafe  ; 

Our  God  will  crown  hischofen  ifle 
with  fruitfulnefs    and  peace. 

7.  God  the  redeemer  fcatters   round 
his  choicelt  favours  here, 

While  the  creation's  utmoll  bound 
ihall  fee,  adore,  and  feaiv 

Having  tranllated  the  fecne  of  this  pfalm  to  Great-Britain,  I 
have  borrowed  a  devout  ana  poetical  with  for  the  happincfc  of  my 
native  lanJ,  f  om  Zjc/i,  ii,  5.  and  offered  It  up  in  tLe  ftcond 
ftama,  /  will  be  a  weall  of  fire  round  about,  and  will  be  //** 
f krj  in  the  midjt  cf   h-.r. 

02 


1 


33^  Psalm  Ixviii. 

Psalm  LXVIII.     Fir/l    Part,     1—6.^2—35. 

Th c  Ve n geaftct    and  Co mp .  ffio n  of  Cod. 
I.T     ET    Goci  arite  in  all    !m  might, 

I  _j    And  put  the   troops  of  hell  to  flight  ; 
.As  Pmoke  that  fought  to  cl  >»id  the  ikies 
Before  the  rifing  tempted  flies. 

2.    £He  conies  arrav'd  in  burning -flames  ; 
J'llHce  and  vengeance  are  his  names  ; 
Behold  his  fainting  foes  expire 
Like  melting  wax  before  the  fire.] 

5.    He  ri^es  and  thunders  thro*  the  fky  5 
Hicj  name    Jehovah  founds  on  high  ; 
Sing  to  his  name,  ye  fons  of  grace  ; 
Ye  faints,   rejoice  be i ore  his  face. 

4.  The  widow  and  the  fatherleft 
Fly  to  his  aid  in  fharp  dilirefs  : 
In  him  the  poor  and  helpleis  find 

A   judge  that's  ja(i,  a   father  kind. 

5.  Ke  breaks  the  captives    heavy   chain, 
And  prisoners  lie  the  light  again  -, 

But  rebels,    that  difpute   his  will, 

S.ia.i  dvvell  in  chains  and  darknefs  Hill. 

P    A    U    S    E-. 

6.  Kingdoms  and  thrones  to  God  belong  ; 
Crown  him,    ye  nations,  in    your  long  : 
His  wond'rous  name  and  pow'rs  rehearfe  ; 
His  honours  mall  enrich  your  ver.fe. 

7.  He  (hakes  the  Heavens   with  loud  alarms  ; 
How  terrible  is  God  in  arms  ! 

In    Jfr'el  aie  his  mercies  known, 
Ifr  si  is  his  peculiar  throne. 

8.  Proclaim  him  king,  pronounce  him  blelt  1 
He's  your  defence,   youi  joy,    your    relt  ; 
When  terrors  rife,   and   nations    faint, 
God  is  the  ilrength  of  tv'ry  iaint, 


Psalm    lxviii.  137 

Psalm    LXVIII.    Second  Part.  v.  17,  i3* 
Chrifi's  AfccnfiQUy  and  the  Gift  of  the  Spirit. 

1.  T     ORD,  wlien  thou  didll  afcend  on  high, 
I    J    Ten  thousand    angels  fillM  the  iky  ; 

Thofe  heav'nly  guards  around  thee  wait, 
Like   chariots  that  attend   thy  ftate. 

2.  Not  Sinai's  mountain  could  appear 
More  glorious  when  tiie  Lord  was  there  -0- 
While  lie  pronounc'd  his  dread  Jul  law, 
And  ilruck  the  chofen  tribes  with  awe. 

3.  How  bright  the  triumph  none  can  tell,. 
When  the  rebellious  pow'rs  or"  hell, 
That    thousand  ibuls  had  captive  made, 
Were  all  in  chains  like  captives  led. 

4.  Rais'd    by  his  father  to  the  throne,. 
He  lent  the  promiAi  ipirit  down, 

V,  itli  gifts    and  grace  tor  rebel  men, 
That  Got!  might  d  .veil  011  earth  again. 

The    17  th  and  i8xhyerfes    of  this  pfalm    are    applied    to    the 
aftcn.ii.n  J   C  ,8.    and  tr.e  fromijed    phit     was  then 

men,  .^'uj  ii,  33. 

Psalm   LXVI1L    *0d  Fart.    v.  19,  9,  20    2r,  22, 

Pr.iife  for  temporal   Blefi.tgs  ;   or,    Common  and 
Special  Merues*. 

X'W     ^  ^e^  r^e    ^*>rd,    fchejjtiftj  t'jp  good, 
W     ^V  he  iiii^our  liearis  wn..  j  .j,  aud  uod; 
V,     .>   pours  his  b  eliino    from  t :.e  feus, 
And  ioaas  oiirduys    witl    lie  »  fijpj  L.s. 

2    He  lends  the  imi  hi    cii  5 

To  chear  the  iru'us,  to 
He  bius  the  clou* 
Ren  cm  the  thii  ihy 

3.  Tis  to  his  care  w 

And  all  our  near  is 


I 


1 3 ^  Psalm     Lwiii,  ixix. 

Safety  and  health  to  God  belong  : 

He  heab  the  weak,  aud  guards  the  (Irong.. 

4.  He  makes  the  faint  and  finner  prove 
The  common  bk  flings  of  his  love  -, 
But  the  wide  difference  that  remains, 
Is  endlefs  joys,   or  endlefs  pains. 

5.  The  Lord,  that    bruis'd  the  ferpent's  bead* 
On  all  the  ferpent's  feed  fhall  tread  ; 

The  rlubborn  fmner's  hope  confound, 
And  finite  him  with  a  Luting  wound. 

6.  But  Ids  right  hand  his  faints  mall  raife 
From  the  deep  earth,  or  deeper  feas  ; 
And  bring  them  to  his  courts  above, 
There  mail  they  taile  his  fpecial  love. 

Ttic  verfes  marked  m  the  title  afforded  me  feveral  hints  to  forri 
a  Divine  Song  on  the  fubject  there  e\prelTed. 

Psalm    LXIX.    1— 14.    Ehf.     Part. 
Common       Metre. 
The  Sufferings  efChriflfir  our  Salvation. 

1.  "  QAVE  me,  O    Lord,  the  fwelling  flocds- 

k5      l<  break  in  upon  my  foul  : 
«  I  fink  ;   and  forrows,  o'er  my  head, 
"  like  mighty  waters  roll. 

2.  c<  1  cry  till  all  my  voice  be  gone,. 
"   in  tears  I  wade  the  day  : 

"  My  God,  behold  my  longing  eyes, 
"  and  moiten  the  delay. 

o.   "  They  hate  my  foul  without  a  caufe,. 
J  "  And  It  ill  their  number  grows 
«   More  than  the  hairs  around  my  head, 
«   and  mighty  are  my  foes. 

4.  "  'Twas  then  1  paid  that  dreadful  debfc 
«  that  men  could  ueverpay, 


P    S    A     L     M        lxiX.  1^9 

:<    \/:<  |  Ktre  thofe  h  mours  to  thy  law, 
•'   which  iinners  took  away./1 

5.  Thus,  in  the  great  Mejfiah's  name, 
the  royal  prophet  mourns; 

Thus  he  awakes  our  hears  to  grief", 
and  gives  us  joy  by  turns. 

6.  "  No  v  (hall  the  faints  rejoice  and  find 
u  Salvation  in  my  name  ; 

u   For  I  have  born  their  heavy  load, 
"   of  forrow,  pain,  and  fhame. 

7.  u  Grief,  like  a  garment,  clorh'd  me  round,, 
u  and  (ackcloth  watS  r>.:v  dref*, 

«  While  I  procur'd  for  naked  fouls, 
u  a  robe  or*  ri<>ht 

o 

8.  u  Among-ft  mv  brethren  and  the  Jszvs 
u  I  like  a  it  ranger  (tod  \y 

a  And  bore  their  vile   reproach,  to  bring 
"   the  Gentiles  near  to  God. 

0.   u  I  came,  in  finful  mortals  Head 

"  to  do  my  father's  will, 
a  Yet  when  1  cleans'd  my  father's  houie,. 

u   they  fcandaliz'd  my  zeal. 

10.  %i  M> r  falling  and  my  holy  groans, 
u  were  made  tne  drunkard's  long  ; 

l(  But  God,  fro  a  his  celeitial  tlirone, 
(<  heard  my  complaining  tongue. 

11.  u  He  fav'd  meiroin  tae  dreadful  deep, 
tC  nor  let  my  foul  be  drown'd  ; 

u  He  rais'd  and  fix  d  my  linking  feet, 
"  on  weii  eitabiitii'd  "ground. 

12.  "  'Twas  in  a  molt  accepted  hour 
"   my  pray'r  arole  on  high, 

N  And  foi    ny   fa'.  I  ihall  hear 

u  the  dying  doner's  cry." 


I^o 


Psalm     lxix. 


SAM.  7.  I  borrow  the  robe  of  righteoufnefs  from  Ifa.  lxi.   10.  to- 
anfiver  the  z&rmetnt  of  jacuiot/i,  ver,  11. 


Fsal  M    LXIX. 
Second  Part. 


14—21,   26,   29,   32. 
Common  Metre. 


l 


TTfe  Pajfion  and  Exaltation  of  Chrift. 

1.  "^T  O  W  let  our  lips  with  holy  fear, 
X^l     aiul  mournful  pleafure  foig 

The  fuff 'rings  of  our  great  high-prielt, 
the  forrows  of  our  king. 

2.  He  finks  in  floods  of  deep  diltrefs  ^ 
how  high  the  waters  rife  ! 

While  to  his  heav  nly  father's  ear 
he  fends  perpetual  cries. 

5.  u  Hear  me,  O  Lord,  and  fare  thy  fan, 

u  nor  hide  thy  mining  face  ; 
u  Why  fLould  thy  fav'rite  look  like  one 

"  foriaken  of  thy  grace  ? 

4.  "  With  rage  they  perfecute  the  man 
li  that  groans  beneath  thy  wound  ; 

u  While,  for  a  facrifice,  I  furor 
u  my  life  upon  the  ground, 

5.  u  They  tread  my  honour  to  the  daft, 
u  and  laugh  when  I  complain  ; 

u  Their  (harp  tnfulring  (landers  add 
€t.  frefii  anguilh  to  m 

6.  "   All  my  reproach  is  known  to  thee, 
u  the  fcandal  and  the  (hamc  ; 

u  Reproach  has  broke  my  bleeding  heart,, 
u  and  lies  dehTd  mv  name. 

7.  u  I  look'd  for  pit j,  but  in  vain  ; 
€t  my  kindred  are  mv  grief: 

u  I  afk  my  friends  for  comfort  round, 
w  but  meet  with  no  relief. 


Psalm    L\ix.  141 

8.  <<  With  vinegar  they  mock  my  thirft, 

€i  they  give  me  «all  for  food  ; 
<<  And  (porting  with  my  dying  groans,. 

u  they  triumph  in  my  blood, 

o.  u  Shine  in  to  my  c!i  It  relied  foul, 

"  let  thy  companions  fave  ; 
u  And  tho'  my  flelh  fink  down  to  death, 

u  redeem  it  from  the  grave. 

10.   u  I  fhall  arife  to  praife  thy  name, 
M   fliall  reign  in  worlds  unknown, 

u  And  thy  faivation,  O  my  God, 
"  ihail  {eat  me  on  thy  throne." 

Psalm     LX1X.  Third  Fart.   Com.  Metre, 

Chrijl's  Obedience  and  Death  ;   or,  Cod  glorified, 
and  Sinners  faved* 

l'  T?  A  T  H  E  R,  I  (nig  thy  woncTrous  gr 

JO     1  bU  is  my  Saviour's  name, 
He  bought  faivation  for  the  poor, 
and  bore  the  fi liner's  ihame. 

a.   His  deep  diftrefs  has  rais'd  us  high, 

his  duty  and  his  zeal 
Fulfilled  the  law  which  mortals  broke, 

and  finifh'd  all  thy  will. 

3.  His  uying  groans,  his  living  (bngs, 
fhall  better  pie  ate  my  God, 

Than  harp  or  trumpet's  folemn  found, 
than  goats  or  bullocks  blood. 

4.  This  ftaH  his  humble  followers  fee, 
and  let  their  hearts  at  relt 

They  by  his  death  draw  near  to  thee, 
and  live  for  ever  bieih 

5.  Let  Heav'n  and  all  that  dwell  011  hjghw 
to  God  their  voices  raile, 


ace* 


i 


P    S     A     L     M     IxiX.  I42 

While  lands  and  Teas  aflifr.  the  Ckv, 
and  join  t'advance  the  praife. 

6.  Z/0*  is  thine,   mod  holv  God  ; 

thy  Son  fiiall  blefs  her  grates  ; 
And  glory-,  purchas'd  by  his  blood, 

lor  thy  own  Ifrel  waits. 

Psalm     LXIX.  Flrjl    Part,    Long  Metre. 
Chriji's  Pafion  and  Sinners  Salvation. 

1.  TP\  E  E  P  in  onr  hearts  let  us  record 
JLy   The  deeper  forrows  of  our  Lord; 

Behold  the  riling  billows  roll, 
To  overwhelm  his  holy  fouL 

2.  In  long  complaints  he  fpends  his  breath, 
While  hoits  of  hell,  and  po  v'rs  of  death, 
And  ad  the  fons  of  malice  join, 

To  execute  their  curft  delign, 

3.  Yet,  gracious  God,  thy  pow'r  and  lore, 
Has  made  the  curfe  a  bleiling  prove; 
Thoie  dreadful  fufPrings  of  thy  Son, 
Aton'd  for  iins  which  we  had  done. 

4.  The  pangs  of  onr  expiring  Lord, 
T'se  hoaours  of  thy  law  rellor'd  : 
Hi-  forrows  made  thy  juilice  known, 
And  p  lid  for  follies  not  his  own. 

5.  O  for  nis  fake  our  guilt  forgive, 
And  let  die  mourning  linner  live  ; 
The  Lord  will  hear  us  in  his  name, 
>lor  (hall  our  hope  be  turn'd  to   fliame. 

F   s   A   L   m      LXIX.    v.    7-     &c.     Second    Part. 

Long  Metre. 

ChrifTs  Si/ firings  and  Zeal. 

2.'    ^HF"  WAS  for  thy   fake,  eternal  God, 

X      Thy  Son  fuiiain'd  that  heavy  load- 


P    S    A    L     M       IxiX.  I43 

Or  bafe  reproach  and  fore  di  (grace, 
jjLad  ihamc  defiTd  bis  (acred  face, 

2.  The  Jews,  his  brethren  and  his  kin, 
Abused  the  man  that  chock'd  their  tin  : 
While  he  fulfill'd  thy  holy  laws, 
They  hate  him,  but  without  a  caufe. 

3.  [  \ty  Tether's  houfcy  fa»d  lie,  mas  made 
A  Place  for  /  .ot  /or  trade  ; 
Then,   (cat t 'ring  all  their  gold  and  brafs 
Ke  fcouro'd  the  merchants  from  the  place.] 

4.  [Zeal  for  the  temple  of  his  God. 
ConfunVd  his  life,   expos'd  his  blood  : 
Reproaches  at  thy  glory  thrown 

He  felt,  and  monrn'd  them  as  his  own.] 

5.  [His  friends  fVrfook,  his  followers  fled, 
While  foes  and  arms  furround  his  head  ; 
They  curie  him  with  a  iLuid'rous  tongue; 
And  tiie  falfe  judge  maintains  the  wrong.] 

6.  His  life  they  load  with  hateful  lies, 
And  charge  his  lips  with  blafjjhemie?  ; 
They  nail  him  to  the  (hameful  tree  ; 
There  hung  the  man  that  d)  'd  for  me. 

7.  [Wretches,  with  hearts  as  hard  as   {tones, 
Infult  his  piety  and  groans  : 

Gall  was  the  food  they   gave  him  there, 
And  mock'd  his  thiril  with  vinegar.] 

"8,   But  God  beheld  ;   and,  from   his  tin  one, 
Muks  outthe  men  that  hate  his  Son  ; 
1  ie  hand  that  rais'd  him  from  the  dead, 
Shall  pour  the  vengeance  on  tin  ir  head. 

In  both  the  metres  o  tfys  pfa  r.,  I  ha  e  a^pl'-ed  it  to  the  differ- 
ing; or  Chrijty  ai  the  N.  i  .  .  ves  (uflkiei  t  r  ar«>n  b  fevera.  c  a- 
t'tkii    of  th.s  pfa'T.^ :  Tom    whki    place- 1  hi  e  borrowed  1 

ot"   Ns/    §    n,s  fur  our  .'«.-,   bis   faurgini   the  tuje  s  and 
Jc  Uri  cut  of      c    c     t  It . 
the  dnauful  imfr$catwm  u*  na  cumis**  except  what  i*  iniertod 


1 44       '  Psalm     lxxi. 

c    way   of  |    prediction  or  threatening, 
the  high  priefr,  n  it  Pi  lite. 

P  s  A  l  m     LXXI.      5 9-     Fuji    Part. 

7 he  aged  Saint's  Refefiicn  and  }hpe. 

i.TL/fYGod,  ray  everlalting  hope, 

IVx      I  '*ve  wpon  thy  truth  ; 
Tlune  hands  have  held   my  childhood  up, 

and  ftrengthen'd  all  my  yojt!i. 

2.  Mv  fie  Hi  was  i  "afhion'd  by  thy  pow'r, 
with  all  ihefe  limbs  of  mine  ; 

And  from  my  mother's    painful  hour, 
I've  been  entirely  thine, 

3.  Still  has  my  life  new  wronders  feen, 
repeated    ev'rv   vear  ; 

Behold  my  d  »ys  that    yet  remain, 
I  trutt  them  to  tliy  care. 

4.  Cafr  me  not  off  when  ftrengrh  declines, 
when  hoary  hairs  a  rife  : 

And  round  me  let    thy  glories  mine, 
whene'er  thy  fervant  dies. 

5.  Then  in  the  hill'ry  of  my  age, 
when  men  review    my  days, 

They'll  read  thy  love  in  ev'ry  page, 
in  ev'ry  line  thy   praife. 

Psalm    LXXI.      t;,    14,    16,    23,    22,   24. 
Second  Part. 

Chrift  our  Stre?igth   and   Right  eoufnejs. 

I,"i  yjY  Saviour,  mv  almighty  friend, 
{ VJL      when  I  begin  thy  praife, 

Where  will  the  growing  numbers  end, 
the   numbeis  of  thy    grace  \ 

2.  Thou  art    my  e\  erlafting  truft> 
tliy  goodnefs    I  adore  ; 


Psalm     Ixxi.  14$ 

An&fince  I  knew  thy  graces  firrV, 
I  {peak  thy  glorias  more. 

3.  My  feet  ihall  travel    all  the  length 
of    the  celellial   road, 

And  march  with  courage  in  thy  ftrcngth, 
to  fee  my  Father  God. 

4.  When  I  am  fill'd  with   fbre  diftreft 
for  fome  furpicing  fin, 

I'll  pl~ad  thy  perfect  righteoufnefs, 
and  mention  none  but  thine. 

5.  How  will  my  lips  rejoice  to  tell 

the    vict'ries  of  my  king  ! 
-My  lbul,    redeem'd  from  (in  and  hell, 
fhall  thy    falvation  ling. 

[6.  My  tongue  fhall  all  the  day  proclaim 

mv  Saviour  and  my   God  : 
His  death  has  brought  my  foes  to  (liame, 

and  drown'd  them  in  his  blood. 

7.  Awake,  awake,  my   tuneful  pow'rs, 

with  this  delightful  (bug 
I'll    entertain  the  darkelt  hours, 

nor  think    the  feafon  long.] 

If  the  verfes  of  the  pfalraift  do  not  direct  y  intend,  that  in  G*i 
€ur  Saviour  is  our  righttiuf.efi  and  strength,  a*  //*.-,  xh.  2  1  --.  J. 
jet  there  is  *  fair  occafion  given  in  the  words,  fot  this  evange.i^al 
turn  of  thought. 

Psalm    LXXI.    17—21.     Third  hart. 

The  aged  Chriflians    Prayer    ar.d  Song  %  or,    OH         * 

Age,  Death,  and  the  Re  furred  ion. 
I.  /^*  OD  of  my   childhood  and  my   youth, 

*     j      t're  guide  of  all  my  davs, 
I  have  declared  thv  heav'nly    truth, 

and  told  thy   wond'rous    ways.  *{•&• 

P 


1 4^  P  5  a  l  M     Ixxi,  Ixxii. 

2.     Vih  thou  tor  fake  mv  hoary  hairs, 
aud  leave  n^v'  fainting  heart  ? 

fhall   fu'tain  my  finking  years, 
if  God  my  itrength  depart  ? 

5.   Let  me  thy  pr>\?Y    and  truth  proclaim 

to  the  furviving  age, 
And  leave  a  favour  of*  thy  name, 

when  1  (hall  quit  the  Rage. 

4.  The  land  of  filence  and  of  death 
attends  my  next  remove  ; 

O  may  tfjefe  poor  remains  of  breath, 
teach  the  wide  world  thy  love  J 
Pause. 

5.  Thy  righteoufnefs  is   deep  and  high* 
unfearchable  thy  deeds  ; 

Thy   glory  fpreads  beyond  the  fky, 
a  Ad  ail  rny  jfraife  exceeds. 

6.  Oft  have  I  heard  thy  threat'nings  roar, 
and  off  endnr'd  the  grief : 

But  when  thy  hand  has  preft  me  fore, 
thy  grace  was  my  relief. 

7.  By  long  experience  have  I  known 
thv  fov'reign   power  to   fave  ; 

At  thy  command  I  venture  down 
fecurely  to  the  prave. 

8.  When  I   lie  bury'd  deep  in  dull, 
my  flefh  (hall  be  thy  care  ; 

Thefe  withering  hmbs  with  thee  I  truft, 
to  raife  t:em  ltrong    and  fair. 

(io  fair  a  profeflion  and  fa'th  of  the  red.  r  reft  ;on    in  ver.  20.     I 
eociti  not  om;t  without  injury  to  the   pfalrnii't,  and  to   in 

Psalm     LXXII.      Firft   Part. 
The   Kingdom  of  Chrift. 
I./*""^  REAT  God,   whole  univerfal    fway, 
Vjt  The  kuown  ajud  unknown  worlds  obey  ; 


P  s   a   l   m     Ixiiii  T/t7 

Now  give  the    kingdom  to  thy  Ton, 
Extend    hispowVj  exalt  1 1 1  s  throne. 

2.  Thy  freptre  well   hecomes  his  hands, 
All  Heav  n  [ubmits  to  Ins  commands  ; 
His  juitice    (hall  averse  the  poa  v 
Aud  pride  and  rage  prevail  no  more. 

3.  With  pow'r  he  vindicates   the  jutl, 
And  treads  th'    op  pre  (for  in  the  dull  ; 
His  worfhip  and  his  fear  fhall  lad, 

'Till  hours,  and  years,   and  time  be  part:. 

4.  As  rain  on  meadows  newly  mown, 
So  mall  he  lend  his  influence  down  : 
His  grace  on  fainting  fouls  diitils, 
Like  heav'nly  dew  on  thiriry  hi  lb. 

5.  The    Heathen  lands  that  lie  beneath 
The  (hades  of  uveriprea  lino;  death, 
Revive  at  his   firlt  dawning  light, 
Anddefarts  bloiTom  at  the  fight. 

6.  The  faints  (hall    flourim  in  his  days, 
Dreit  in  the  robes  of  jov  and  praife  ; 
Peace,    like  a  river,  rrom  his  throne, 
Shall  flow  to  nations    yet  unknown. 


■7 


Psalm     LXXII.     Second  Part. 
ChriftV    Kingdom  among  the  Gentiles. 
FSUS  mail  reign  where'er  the  fun 


Does  his   fucceilive   jonrnies  run  -r 
H"s  kingdom  ftretch  from  fhore   to  ibore, 
Till  moons  fhall  wax  and  wane  no  more. 

2-    [Behold  the  iilands  with   their  kings, 
Aud  Europe  her  b°it  tribute  brings  ; 
From  JSorth  to  South  the  prime-  meetj. 
To  pay  their  homage  at  l^s  iiet^ 
P  2 


S48.  F  s   a   l   m     lxxii,  IxxHL 

5.  There    Per  ft  a  glorious  to  behold, 
Thc-ie  India   fhines  in    Fa  ft  em  gold  ; 
An fl  barh'rous  nations  at  his  word, 
Submit  and  bow,   and  own  their    Lord. J 

4  For  him  (hall  endlefs  pray'r  be  made, 
And  praifes  throng  to  crown  his  head  ; 
His  name  like  Tweet  pre  fume  (hall  rife, 
With  ev*ry  morning   facrifice. 

J.   People  and   r'alms  of  cv'ry    tongue, 
Dwell  on  his  love  with  fweeteft  fbng  ; 
And  infant  voices  fhall  proclaim 
Their  early  bleifings  on  his  name. 

6.  Blefllngs  abound  wherever  he  reigns, 
The  pris'ner  leaps  to  loofe  his  chains, 
The  wreary  find  eternal  re  It, 

And  all  the  {bns  of  want  are  bleft. 

7.  [Where  he  displays  his  healing  powV, 
Death  and  the  curie  are  known  no  more  ; 
In  him  the  tribes  of  Adavi  boa  (I 

More  bleffinirs  than   their  father   loft, 

8.  Let  ev'ry  creature  rife,    and  bring 
Peculiar  honours  to  our  king  : 
Angels  deicend  with  fongs  again, 
And   earth  repeat  the  long  ameji.^ 

Psalm     LXXIJI.     F'rft  Part.     Com.  Metre. 

Jlffiitted   SainU    happy,   a>J   profperoi.s    Siruiers 
curfed. 

I.Tk  TOW  I'm  convine'd,  the  Lord  is  kind 
|^^       to  men  of    heart  lincere  : 

Yet  once  my   fooliih  thoughts  repin'd^ 
and  border'd  on  defpair, 

2.   T  grieved  to   fee  the  wicked  thrive,* 
and  f^oke  with,  angry  breath, 


P    S    A    L    M       Ixxiii,-  I49 

€<  How  pleafant  and  profane  they  live  1 
u  how  peaceful  is  tlieir  deatli  ! 

3.  "  With  well-fed    flefli,  and  haughty  eyes,. 
u  they  lay  their  fears  to  ileep  ; 

4<  Againfl  the  Heav'ns  their  flanders  rife, 
u  while  faints  in    filence  weep. 

4.  "  In  vain  I  lift  my  hands  to  pi  ay, 
"  and  cleanie  my  heart  in  vain, 

f*  For   I    am  chaften'd    all  the  day, 
"   the  night  renews    my    pain. 

5.  Yet  while  my  tongue  indulged  complaints* 
I  felt  my  heart  reprove  ; 

94  Sure  I  ihall  thus  offend  thy  faints, 
"  and  grieve  the  men  1  love."^ 

6.  But  (liU  I  found  my  doubts  too  hard, 
the  conflict  too  ieverCj 

'Till  T  retfr'd  to  leaich  thy  word, 
and*  learn  zh\  iecrets  there. 

7.  There,  as  in  tome  prophetic  glafs, 
I  law  tut  tinners  reet 

High  mounted,  on  a  ilipp'ry  place, 
btiide  a  fi'ry  tiiu 

8.  I  heard  the  wretch  profanely  boafl, 
'till  at  thy  frown  he  lell  ; 

His  honours  in  a  di*am  were  lofty 
and  he  awakes  in  belL 

o.   Lord  !   what  an  envious  fool  I  was  j 

how  like  a  thoughtleis  beait  ! 
T.ius  to  iut^tct  thy  nrornis'd  grace, 

aiiu  t.,ink   the  wick  d  b.eit. 

ic.    Yet  1  was  kr-pt  from  full  defpair, 
upheld  by  pow  V  n  « 

Le  tiie  ihare^ 
|J  ^uide  me  to  thy  throne. 

p  3 


**»  Psalm     IxxiiL 

P  s   a   t   H   LXXIII   2} 23.  Second  Part* 

Common     Metre. 
Cod  our  Portion  here  and  hereafter. 

1.  4T^  O  D  my  fupporter  and  my  hope, 
*     7    my  Irclj)  for  ever  near, 

Th'ne  arm  of  mercy  held  me  up, 
when  finking  in  delpair. 

2.  Thv  counfels,  Lord,  (hall  guide  my  feci 
through  this  dark  wildernefs  ; 

Thine  hind  conducl  me  near  thy  feat, 
to  dwell  before  thy  lace. 

£•  Were  I  in  heav'n  without  my  God, 

9t  would  be  no  ]oy  to  me  : 
And  whilft  this  earth  is  my  abode, 

I  long  for  none  but  thee. 

4*  What  if  the  fprings  of  life  were  broken 
and  fiefh  and  heart  mould  faint, 

God  is  my  foul's  eternal  rock, 
the  ftrength  of  ev'ry  faint. 

y.   Behold,   the  finners  that  remove^ 

far  from  thy  pr«» fence  die  ; 
Not  all  the  idol-gods  they  love, 

can  fave  them  when  they  cry. 

&.    But  to  draw  near  to  the?,  my  God, 

fttall  be  my  fwert  employ  ; 
My  tongue  fliall  found  thy  works  abroad', 

and  tell  the  world  my  joy. 

*- 2 i ^ 


P    g    A    L    M      LXXUI*     22\   t,  6,   17 20. 

Lono  Metre. 
The  prosperity  of  Sinners  curfed. 

J.  T     ORD,  what  a  thoughtlefs  wrerch  was  I. 
I   j  To  mourn,  and  murmur,  and  refine x 
To  fei  the  wicked  plac'd  on  high, 
lu  puue  and  robes  ot'  honour  ihiuc ! 


Psalm     Ixxifi.  15 1 

2.  But  Q  their  end!    their  dreadful  end, 
Thy  (ancillary  taught  me  f  >  : 

On  flipp'rv  rocks  I  iee  them  rtand, 
And  HVv  billows  roll  below. 

3.  Now  let  them  boail  how   tall  they  rile, 
I'll  never  envy  them  igain  ; 

There  they  may  It  and  with  haughty  eyes,. 
'Till  they  plunge  dee])  hi  endlels  pain. 

4.  Their  fancy 'd  joys,  how  fait  they  flee  T 
Jiui:  like  a  dream  when  man  awakes  -r 
Their  longs  of  fofteit  harmony, 

Are  but  a  preface  to  their  plagues. 

$.  Now  I  efteem  their  mirth  and  wine 
Too  dear  to  purchafe  with  nvy  blood  ; 
Lord,  'tis  enough  that  rhou  art  mine, 
My  life,  my  portion,  and  mv  God» 

Psalm     LXX1II.     Short  Metre. 

The  Myflsry  of  Providence  unfolded. 
UKK  there's  a  righteous  God, 


1.  OLJI 

3  11 


Tho*  meii  ot  vice  may  boait  aioud, 
and  men  of  grace  complain. 

2.  I  faw  the  wicked  rife, 
and  felt  mv  heart  repine, 

While  haughty  fools  with  fcornful  eyes^ 
in  robes  of  honour  fliine. 

3.  [Pamper'd  with  wanton   cafe 
their  flelh  looks  full  \nd  fair, 

Their  wealth  rolls  in  like  Hovviug  feas, 
and  grows  without  their  care. 

4.  Free  fiom  the  plagues  and  pains 
that  pious  fouls  endure. 

Thro*  all  their  life  op>reuTon  reigns^ 
aud  A^€ixs  the  JUmuine  poor. 


I 


152  Psalm     Ixxiii,  Ixxir. 

5.  TJicir  impious  tongues  blafpheme 
the  everlaitingGod  ; 

Their  malice  blalts  tlie  good  man's  name,, 
and  (p reads  their  lies  abroad, 

6.  B.Jt  T  with  flowing  tears, 
indulged  my  doubts  to  rile  ; 

**  Is  there  a  God  that  fees  or  liears 
"  the  things  below  tlie  fkies  ?] 

7.  The  tumults  of  my  thought 
Held  me  in  \iard  fuipencej 

"Till  to  thy  hobft  my  feet  were  brought^ 
to  learn  thy  juftice  thence. 

8.  Thy  word  with  light  and  pow'r 
did  my  miltakes  amend  ; 

I  view'd  the  finners  life  before, 
but  here  I  learnt  their  end. 

9.  On  what  a  flipp'ry  ftcep 
the  though tlefs  wretches  go  ! 

And  O  that  dreadfuKfi'ry  deep,, 
that  waits  their  fall  below. 

10.  Lord,   at  thy  feet  I  bov/, 
my  thouohts  no  more  repine : 

I  call  mv  God  my  portion  now, 
and  all  my  pow'rs  are  thine. 

This  Pfalm  is  a  moft  noble  compofure  ;  rhe  defign   and  mr.de!  of 
it  is  divinely  beautiful,  and  a:i   idmribie    pattern   far   a    post  to 
copy.     Rit'it  being  one  fing'e  flheme  of  thought,  I  was  t  b 
contrad  it,  that  h  m  ghi  b«  fang  it    once  ;  though  the  dignity  and 
beauty  of  the  ^de  fuffcr^  much  by  the  mean-. 

P    S     A    L     M      LXX1V. 

The  Church  pleading  ivithGei  under  forePerTec^tici. 
I.    V  *       ILL  God  for  ever  ca(V  us  off  I 

VV        Iii s  w  r.ith  for  r?ejr  fiuoak 
Againfl  the  peo  >  c  of  hi    lovty 
hi*  li^ik  cuuien  flock  ? 


Psalm     Ixxiv*  153 

2.  Think  of  the  tribes  (b  dearly  bought 
with  their  Redeemer's  blood; 

Nor  let  thv  S';on  be  forgot, 
where  once  thy  glory  iiood. 

3.  Lift  up  thy  feet,  and  march  in  hafte, 
aloud  our  ruin  calls ; 

See  what  a  wide  and  fearful  wafte 
is  made  within  thy  walls* 

4.  Where  once  thy  churches  pray *d  and  fung* 
thy  foes  profanely  loar  ; 

Over  thy  gates  their  enfigns  hang, 
fad  tokens  of  their  pow'r. 

5.  How  are  the  feats  of  worfhip  broke! 
they  tear  thy  buildings  down, 

And  he  that  deals  the  luavieft  liroke, 
procures  the  chief  renown* 

6.  With  flames  they  threaten  to  defiroY 
thy  childien  in  their  netV  ; 

Co??ie,  let  us  burn  at  once,  they  cry, 
the  temple  and  the  prieft, 

7.  And  (till  to  heighten  our  diitrefs, 
thy  prefence  is  withdrawn  ; 

Thy  wronted  tigns  01  pow'r  and  grace, 
thy  pow'r  and  grace  are  gone. 

8.  No  prophet  fpeaks  to  calm  ouf  woes, 
but  all  the  feers  mourn  ; 

There's  not  a  foul  amongft  us  knows 
the  time  of  thy  return. 

Pause 

9.  How  long,  eternal  God,  how  long 
(hall  men  of  pride  blafpheme  .? 

Shalt  faints  be  made  their  endlefs  fong^ 
and  bear  itnniortaLfname  I 


154  P   S    a    j.    M      Iwiv. 

10.  Can'ft  rliou  for  ever  fit  and  hear 

thine  holy  name  profan'd  ? 
And  flill  thy  jealonfy  forbear, 

and  (till  withold  thine  hapd  ? 

it.  What  ftrange  dcliv'rance  haft  thou  fliown 
in  ages  long  before  ? 

And  now  no  other  God  we  own, 
no  other  God  adore* 

12.  Thou  did'ft  divide  the  raging  fea 
by  thy  refiftlefs  might, 

To  make  thy  tribes  a  wond'rous  way, 
and  then  fecure  their  flight. 

13.  Is  not  the  world  of  nature  thine, 
the  darknefs  and  the  day? 

Did  ft  not  thou  bid  the  morning  mine, 
and  maik  the  fun  his  way  ? 

14.  Hath  not  thy  pow'r  forrn'd  ev'ry  coafr, 
and  fet  the  earth  its  bounds, 

With  fummer's  heat,  and  winter's  froft, 
in  their  perpetual  rounds  ? 

15.  And  (hall  the  fons  of  earth  and  duft 
that  facred  power  blavpheme  ? 

Will  not  thy  hand  that  forrn'd  them  firft, 
avenge  thine  iujur'd  name  ? 

16.  Think  on  the  cov'nant  thou  haft  made, 
and  all  thy  words  of  love  ; 

Nor  let  the  birds  of  prey  invade, 
and  vex  thy  mourning  dove. 

17.  Our  foes  would  triumph  in  our  blood, 
and  make  our  hope  their  jeft  ; 

Plead  thy  own  caufc,  Almighty  God, 
and  give  thy  children  relt. 


V   S    A    L    M       IxXV.  IJJ 

P    S    A     L    M       LXXV. 

o;*r  #/;</  Cover ?t?/ient  from  Cod  alojis. 

ion  rf  gJog  WILLI  AM,  or  the 
ha.ipy  aeceffi  :..t  I  hrone. 

1.  ^nn'O  thee,  mod  holy,  and  mod  high, 

JL    To  thee  we  bring  our  thankful  praife; 
Thy  works  declare  thy  name  h  nigh, 
Thy  woiks  of   wonder  and  of  grace, 

2.  Britain  war  doom'd  to  be  a  flave, 

Her  frame  diflblv'd,  her  fears  were  great ; 
When  God  a  new  ilipporter  gave, 
To  bear  the  pillars  of  the  itate. 

2.   He  from  thy  hand  receiv'd  his  crown 
And  fwear  to  rule  by  wholefome  laws; 
His  foot  mall  tread  th'  oppreflbr  down, 
His  arm  defend  the  righteous  caufe. 

4.  Let  haughty  finners  fink  their  piide, 
Nor  lift  fo  high  their  fcoruful  head  ; 
But  lay  their  foolifh  thoughts  afide, 
And  own  the  King  that  God  hath  made. 

5.  Such  honours  never  come  by  chanoe, 
Nor  do  the  winds  promotion  blow  : 
'Tis  God  the  judge  doth  one  advance, 
'Tis  God  that  lays  another  low. 

6.  No  vain  pretence  to  royal  birth, 
Shall  fix  a  tyrant  on  the  throne  : 
God,  the  gieat  fbv'reign  of  the  earth, 
Will  rife  and  make  his  iuftice  known. 

7.  [His  hand  holds  out  the  dreadful  cup 
Of  vengeance  mix'd  with  various  plagues, 
To  make  the  wicked  drink  them  up, 
Wring  out  and  tafte  the  bitter  dregs. 

S.    Now  mall  the  Lord  exalt  the  juft, 
And  while  he  tramples  on  the  proud, 


1*6  Psalm    hn*,   Ixxvi. 

An  1  lays  their  nlory  in  the  doft, 
My  lips  fhall  ling  his  praife  aloud.] 

Psalm     LXXVI. 

Ifrael  faded,  and  the  Atfyrians  deftrtyed ;  or, 
God's  Vtngtance  agmnft  his  Enemies  proceeds 
from  his  Church. 

1.  T  N  Jttdah  God  of  old  was  known  ; 

!    his  nam'"  in  Jfr  el  great  \ 
In  Sa/evi  (rood  Ins  holv  throne, 
and  Si  on  was  his  ieat. 

2.  ^moncr  the  praties  of  Iiis  faints, 
his  dwelling  there  he  chofe  ; 

There  he  receir'd  their  Jufl  complaints 
againil  their  haughty  foes. 

3.  From  Z/««  went  his   dreadful  word, 
and  hroke  the  threat'ning  fpear  : 

The  bow,  the  arrows,  and  the  Avord, 
and  crufh'd  th'   dffyrian  war. 

4.  What  are  the  earth's  wide  kingdoms  elfe, 
but  mighty   hills  of  prey  ? 

The  hill  on  which  Jehovah   dwells, 
is    glor'ous  more  than  they. 

5.  Twas  ZiotSs  king  that  (lopt  the  breath 
of  captains  and  thi  ir  bands  : 

The  men  of  mio  lit  llept  fait  in  death, 
and  never  found  tlieir  hands. 

6.  At  thy  rebuke,    O    Jacob's   God, 
both  horie  and  chariot  fell, 

Who  knows  the  terrors  of  thv  rod  ? 
thy  venoance  who  can  tell  ? 

7.  What  pow'r  can  Hand  before  thy  fight, 
when  once  thy  wrarli  appears  ? 

When  Heaven  fhines  round  with  dreadful  light, 
the  earth  lies  itill   and  iears. 


Psalm  Ixxvi,   Ixxvii.  157 

8.  When  God  in  his  own  fov'reign  ways, 
comes  down  to  fave  th'  oppreit, 

The  wrath  of  man  mall  work  his  praife, 
and  he'll  reitraiu  the  reft. 

9.  [Vow  to  the  Lord  and  tiibute  bring, 
ye  princts  tear  his  frown  : 

His  terror  makes  the  proudeit  king, 
and  cuts  an  army  down. 

10.  The  thunder  of  his, (harp  rebuke, 
our  haughty  foes  mall  feel  : 

For  Jacob**  God  hath  not  forfook, 
but  dwells  in  2.1  on  itill.j 

Psalm     LXXV1I.      FirJ}    Part. 
Melancholy  affauitingy   and  Hope  prevailing. 

1.  r  I  ^  O  God  I  cry'd  with    mournful* voice, 

£       I  {ought  bis  gracious  ear, 
In  the  fid  day  when  troubles  rofe, 
and  fill'd  the  night  with  fear. 

2.  Sad  were  my  days,   and  dark  my  nights, 
mv  foul  refus'd  relief: 

I  thought  on  God  Hie  juft  and  wife, 
but  thoughts  incrcas'd  mj  grief. 

3.  Still  I  complain'd,  and  flill  oppref/d, 
mv  lie  tit  began  to  break  : 

My  God,  th\  wrath  forbid  my  reft, 
and  kept  my  e)  es  awake. 

4.  My  overwhelming   forrows  grew 
'till  I  could  fpeak  no  rrtore: 

Then  I  within  my  felt  withdrew, 
and  call'd  thy  judgments  o'er. 

5.  I  call'd  back  years  and  autient  times 
when  I  beheld  thy  face  ; 

a 


i$8  Psalm    Jxxvii. 

My  fpirit  feafclr*d  for  fee  ret  crimes 
that  might  with-hokl  thy  grace. 

6.  I  cnll'd  thv  mercies  to  my  mind 
which  I  enjoy 'd  befoie  ; 

And  svill  the  Lord  no  more  be  kind  ? 
his  face  appear  no  moi'  ? 

7.  Will  he  forever  call  me  off  ? 
his  promife  ever  fail  ? 

Has  he  forgot  his  tender  love  ? 
(hall  anger  Itill  prevail  i 

8.  But  I  foi  bid  this  hopelefs  thought, 
this  dark  defpatriug  frame, 

Rememb'iing  wliat  ttiy  hand  hath  wrought, 
thy  hand  is  itill  the  fame. 

9.  1*11  think  again  of  all  thy  ways, 
and  talk  thy  wonders  o'ei  ; 

Thy  wonders  of  recovering  grace, 
when  fleih  could  help  110  more. 

10.  Grace  dwells  with  pitfice  on  the  throne ; 
and  men  that  love  thy  word, 

Have  in  thy  fancluarx  known 
the  counfels  of  the  Lord. 

Psalm    LXXVII.     Second  I  art. 
Comfort    derived   from     a?  tient   providences  ;   or, 
Hi  a'  1   delivered  from  Egypt,  and  brought   to 
Canaan. 

z  "  T  I  °  w  awf(|i  is  rhv  phasing rC(l  • 

\~\    <>    (m  y  thv  own  chi'di    n  iaj  ) 
"  The  great,  th*2  wiie,  the  dreadful  God  ! 
«  how  holy  i    his  wa)  !*• 

2.   I'll  meditate  his  works  ^f  old  , 

t ne  King  that  reigns  ibove  ; 
I'll  hear  his  atltien^  tj 'onders  told, 

anu  kam  to  tiuii  his  love- 


Psalm     lxxvii.  fjy 

3.  Long  did  the  houfe  of  Jofeph  lie 
with  Fgxpt's  yoke  oppreil  ; 

Long  he  delay 'd  to  hear  their  cry, 
nor  gave  his  people  reft, 

4.  The  ions  cf  good  old  Jdcot  fecrnM 
abandon'd  to  their  foes; 

But  his  almighty  arm  rcdeem'd 
the  nation  that  he  chofe. 

5.  7Jr*el  Ins  people  and  his  fhecp, 
mull  follow  where  he  calls; 

He  bids  the  in  venture  thro'  the  deep, 
and  made  the  waves  their  walls. 

6.  The  waters  faw  thee,  mighty  God, 
the  waters  faw  thee  come  ; 

Backward  they  fled,  and  frighted  Hood, 
to  make  thine  armies  room. 

7.  Strange  was  thy  journey  thro'  the  fea, 
thy  footfteps,  Lord,  unknown  : 

Terrors  attend  the  wond'rous  way 
that  brings  thy  mercies  down. 

8.  [Thy  voice,  with  terror  in  the  found, 
thro*  clouds  and  darknefs  broke  : 

All  Heav'n  in  light'ning  fhone  around, 
and  earth  with  thunder  (hook. 

0.  Thine  arrows  thro*  the  ikies  were  hurl'd  ; 

how  glorious  is  the  Lord  ! 
Surprize  and  trembling  ieiz'd  the  world  ; 

and  his  own  faints  ador'd, 

10.  He  gave  them  water  from  the  rock  j 

and  fafe  by  Mofes*  hand, 
Thro*  a  dry  defart  led  his  flock, 

home  to  the  promis'd  land.] 


0.2. 


160  Psalm  Ixxviii. 

P  s   a    l   M      LXXVIII.     Ftrfl  Part. 

Providences  of  Cod  recorded ;  or,   Pious  Educati- 
on and  Injirufiion  of  Children. 

1.  T      ET  children  hear  the  mighty  deeds 
I j    which  God  perform'd  of  old, 

Which  in  our  younger  years  we  faw, 
and  which  our  fathers  told. 

2.  He  bids  us  make  his  glories  known, 
his  works  of   povv'r  and  g**ace  ; 

And  we'll  convev  his  wonders  down, 
thro'  ev'ry  lifing  race. 

3.  Our  lips  fhall  tell  them  to  our  fons, 
and  thev  again  to  theirs, 

That  generations  yet  unborn, 
may  teach  them  to  their  heirs, 

4.  Thus  they  fhall  learn,  in  God   alone 
their  hope  fecuielv  (lands, 

That  they  may  ne'er  forget  his  works, 
but  practife  his  commands.       \ 

Psalm    LXXVIII.     Second  Part. 

Ifrael's  Rebellion  and  Punifkment  g  or,  The  Sins 
and  Chajlifcments  of  God's  People. 

1.  /^v  WHATa  ft  iff  rebellions  houfe 
V^J    was  Jacab's  antient  race  \ 

Falfe  to  their  own  moll  folemn  vows, 
and  to  their  Maker's  grace. 

2.  They  broke  the  cov'nant  of  his  love, 
and  did  his  law?  defpile. 

Forgot  the  works  he  wrought  to  prove 
his  pow'r  before  their  eyes. 

3.  They  faw  the  plagues  on  Egypt  light, 
from  his  revenging  hand  : 


Psalm      lxxviii.  161 

What  dreadful  tokens  of  his  might, 
fpread  o'er  the  ftubborn  land  ! 

They  faw  him  cleave  the  mighty  fea, 

and  march'd  in  fafety  thro', 
With  watYv  walls  to  <xuard  their  way, 

'till  they  had  Ycap'd  the  foe. 

5.  A  wondVous  pillar  mark'd  the  road,, 
compofed  of Jhade  and  light  ; 

By' day  it  prov'd  a  lheJt'rmg  cloud, 
a  leading  fire  by  night. 

6.  He  from  the  rock  their  third  fupply'd  ;; 
the  ouihing  waters  fell, 

And  ran  in  rivers- by  their  fide, 
a  conitant  miracle- . 

7.  Yet  thev  provok'd  the  Lord  mod  high,, 
and  dar'd  diitruil  his   hand  ; 

<c  Can  he  with  bread  our  hoji  fupplyy 
"  a  defart  land." 

3.  The  Lord  with  indignation  heard,. 

and  cauv'd   :is  wrath  to  flame  : 
His  tenor6  ever  liand  prepared 

to  vindicate  his  name.. 

B  s  ax  fil     LXX  VIII.     Third  hart. 

The  V.uni foment  if  Luxury  and  Intemperance 9    or, , 
Gbajii Cement  and  Sanation. 

I-  \/^7H£N  Jf?e/Jins*  the  Lord  reproves, 
V\         ailti  hlis  their  hearts  with  dread  ; 
Yet  lie  forgives  the  men  he  loves, 
and  lends  them  heav'nlv  bread. 

2,  He  fed  them  with  a  lib'ral  hand, 

and  made  his  treasures  kno    u  ■, 
He  gave  the  mid-night  clouds  command 

to  pour  proviiion  down, 
Q..3 


AIM     lxxviii. 

3.  The  Manna,  like  a  morning  ihow'ry 
lay  thick  around  their  feet  ; 

The  corn  of*  Heav'n  fo  light,  fo  pure, 
as  tho*  'twere  angels  meat. 

4.  But  they  in  murm'ring  language  faidr 
u  Manna  is  all  our  fealt  ; 

<(  We  loath  this  light,  this  airy  bread ; 
"  we  mull  have  fiefh  to  talte." 

5.  "  Te  Jhall  have  fiejb  to  pleafe  your  /uft  : '* 
the  Lord  in  wrath  reply'd  ; 

And  lent  them  quails  like  fand  or  dud, 
heap'd  up  from  fide  to  fide. 

6.  He  gave  them  all  their  own  defire  ; 
and  greedy  as  they  fed, 

His  vengeance  burnt  with  fecret  fire, 
and  fmotethe  rebels  dead. 

7.  When  fome  were  ilain,   the    reft   return'd^ 
and  fought  the  Lord  with  tears  ; 

Under  the  rod  they  fear'd  and  mourn'd, 
but  Toon  forgot  their  fears. 

8.  Oft  he  chaftis'd,  and  ftill  forgave, 
'till  by  his  gracious   hand 

The  nation  he  refolv'd  to  fave, 
pofTefs'd  the  promised  land. 

Psalm   LXXVIII.  *.  32,  &c.         Fourth  Part. 

Btckjliding  and   Forgtvennsfs  ;   or,  Sin  pumjhed 
and  Saints  faved. 

I.    f-\  REAT  God,    how  oft  did    Ifr'cl  prove, 
V_JT   By  turns,  thine  anger  and  thy  love  I 
There  in  a  glafs  our  hearts  may  fee 
How  fickle  and  how  falfe  they  be. 

2i  How  foon  the  faithlefs  Jews  forgot 
The  dreadful  wonders  God  had  wrought  I 


Psalm     Ixwiii,  Elxx.  163 

TIi en  they  provoke  him  to  Ms  face, 
Nor  fear  his  pow'r,  nor  trull  his  grace. 

3.  The  Lord  coiifum'd  their  years  in  pain 
And  made  tiieir  travels  long  and  vain  ; 

A  tedious  march,  thro*  unknown  ways, 

Wore  out  their  ltrength,  and  Ipent  their  daysy 

4.  Oft  when  they  faw  their  hrethren  (lain, 
They  mourn'd  and  fought  the  Lord  again  5 
Caird  him  the  rock  of  their  abode. 

Their  high  Redeemer,  and  their  God. 

5.  Their  pray'rs  and  vows  before  him  rife 
As  flatt'rino- words  or  hVemn  lies. 
While  their  rebellious  tempers  prove 
Falfe  to  his  covenant  and  his  love. 

6.  Yet  did  his  fov'reign  grace  forgive 
The  men  who  not  deferV.d  to  live  ; 
His  anger  oft  away  he  turn'd, 

Or  elfe  with  gentle  flame  it  burn'd. 

7.  He  faw  their  fle(h  was  weak  and  frail,. 
He  faw  temptation  Hill  prevail ; 

The  God  of  Akrah'??i  lov'd  them  frill, 
And  led  them  to  his  holy  hill. 

P  S  A  L  M       LXXX. 

The   Church' r    Prayer   U7ider    slfflittion ;   or,  The 
Vineyard  of  Cod  wajtcd, 

I .  S~^  R  E  A  T  Shepherd  of  thine  Ifrael, 

yj   Who  didlt  betweep.  the  cherubs  dwell,, 
And  led  the  tribes,   thy  choien  fheep, 
Safe  thro*  the  defart  and  the  deep. 

Thy  church  is  in  the  defart  now, 
Shine  from  011  high  and  guide  us  thro* 
Turn  us  to  thee,  thy  love  re  (lore. 
We  (hall  be  fav'd,  and  figh  no  more. 


164  Psalm     Ixxx. 

3.  Great  God,  whom  heav'nly  hofts  obev  . 
How  long  (hall  we  lament  and  pray, 
And  wait  in  vain  thy  kind  return 

How  long  {hall  thy  fierce  anger  burn  ? 

4.  Inftead  ot  wine  and  chearful  bread, 
Thy  faints  with  their  own  tears  aie  fed  ; 
Turn  us  to  thee,  thy  love  leftore, 

We  (hall  be  fav'd,  and  iigli  no  more. 

Pause     the    Firft. 

5.  Haft  thou  not  planted  with  thy  hands, , 
A  lovely  vine  in  Heathsn  lands  ! 

Did  not  thy  pow'r  defend  it  round, 
And  heav'nly  dews  enrich  the  ground  ? 

6.  How  did  the  (pre  a  ding  brandies  fhoot, 
And  blefs  the  nations  with  the  fruit  ! 
But  now,  dear  Lord,  look  down   and  fee 
Thy  morning  vine,  that  lovely  tree. 

7.  Why  is  its  beauty  thus  defacM  ? 
Why  hail  thou  laid  her  fences  wafte  v 
Srtartgers  and  foes  again  ft  her  y  in, 
And  ev'ry  heart  devours  the  vine. 

8.  Return,  Almighty  God,  return  , 
Nor  let  thy  bleeding  vineyard  mourn 
Turn  us  to  thee,   thy  love  reltore, 
We  fliall  be  fav'd,   and  iigh  no  more. 

Pause     the  Second. 

of   Lord,  when  this  vine  in  Cajia.: n  grew,, 
Thau  w  ?rt  its  ftrength  and  glory  too  :. 
Attack 'd  in  vain  bv  all  its  foes, 

Ti*l  tiie  fait  Branch  of  Frtriij?  rofe„ 

10.    Fair  branch,  orclain'd  of  old  to  (hoot 
From  David '  s  itock,  from  Jacob's  re 
Himieli  a  noble  vine,  and  we 
The  it  Her  branches  ot  the  tree 


1 

Psalm    Ixxx,  Ixxxi.  165 

IT   'Tis  thy  own  fbn  ;  and  he  fhall  ftand 
Girt  with  thy  ftrength  at  thy  right-hand  ; 
T'iv  firft-born  Ton,  adorn'd  and  bleft 
With  pow'r  and  grace  above  the  reft. 

12.  O  !  for  his  fake  attend  our  cry, 
Shine  on  thy  churches,  left  they  die  ; 
Turn  us  to  thee,  thy  love  reftore, 
We  dial  I  be  fiv'd,   and  ligh  no  more. 

»  1 .  ■■        I.  — — ■— ■ —     ■    i———^— ——————— 

Psalm    LXXXI. 

The  Warnings  of  Cod  to  his  fenp/e  ;  or,  Spiritual 
Blejjings  and  Punijhmenti. 

*.  QING  to  the  Lord  aloud, 
^J      and  make  a  joyful  noife  : 
God  is  our  ftrength,  our  Saviour  God  : 
jet  ljYel  hear  his  voice. 

2.   "   From  vile  idolatry 
"  preiei  ve  my  woriliip  clean  : 
4*  1  am  the  Lord  who  fet  thee  free 
"  from  ilavery  and  fin. 

5.  "  Stretch  thy  de fires  abroad, 
"  and  I'll  fnpply  them  well; 

"  But  if  ve  will  refufe  your  God, 
"  if  Jfi'el  will  rebel, 

4.  "  I'll  leave  them,  faith  the  Lord, 
u  to  their  own  lufts  a  prey, 
"  And  let  them  run  the  dang'rous  road  j 

"   'tis  their  own  choien  wav.  • 

5-   M   Yet,  O  \  that  all  my  faints 
u   would  hearken  to  my  voice  ! 
M  Soon  I  would  eafe  their  fore  complaints^ 
u  and  bid  their  hearts  rejoice. 

6.  «  While  I  deftrov  their  foes, 
u  I'd  richly  feed  my  flock , 


1 66  Psalm     lxxxii 

€<  Am*  they  fliould  tafte  the  dream  that  flows 
"  from  their  eternal  rock.1' 


Psalm     LXXXII. 

Cod    the     Supreme     Governor  ;    or,     Magijlraies 
warned* 

I.     \  MONG  th'  ajTemblies  of  the  great, 

J"\    A  greater  *  uicr  takes  his  feal  ; 
The  God  of  heav'n,  as  judge  furvej'S 
Tliofe  gods  on  earth,  and  ali  their  ways. 

2     Why  will  ye  then  frame  wicked  la\rs  i 
O.  why  ruppoi  t  th*  unrighteous  caufe  i 
When  will  ye  once  defend  tlie  poor, 
That  flimers  vex  the  faints  no  more  ? 

3.  They  know  not,  Lord,  nor  will  they  know, 
Dark  are  the  ways  in  which  they  go  : 
Their  name  of  eaithly  pods  is  vain, 

For  they  ihall  fall  and  die  like  mea. 

4.  Arife,  O  Loid,  and  let  thy  Sou 
Poffefi  his  univerfal  throne, 

And  rule  the  nations  with  his  rod  ; 
He  is  our  judge,  and  he  our    God. 

The  Jaft  verfe  of  the  Pfalm  may  not  improperly  be  applied  to 
Chnit,  for  he  is  that  God  that  muft  judge  the  Earth,  Pfalm  xevi, 
and  xcviii.  and  have  the  Nations  for  his  Inheritance,  Pfal.  ii.    8. 

Psalm     LXXXIII. 

A  Complaint  again ft   Perfecutors 

1.  AND  will  the  God  of  grace 
l\   perpetual  filence  keep  ? 

The  God  of  ju Mice  hold  his  peace, 
and  let  his  vengeance  fleep  ? 

2.  Behold  what  curled  fnares 
fche  men  of  mifchicf  ipread  i 


F  s  a    L   M     Ixxxiii  Kxxiv.  167 

The  men  (hat  hate  thy  iaints  and  thee, 
lift  u}>  their  thieat'ning  head. 

£•     flgajutt  rhy  hidden  ones 
tiieir  couniels  they  employ, 
And  malice,  with  her  watchful  eye, 
purines  tiiem  to  deitroy. 

4.  The  noble  and  the  bafe, 
i«ito  the  paitmes  leap  j 

The  lion  and  the  ftapid  afs, 
conij^  ire  to  vex  thy  ihet  p. 

5.  '*  Come  let  us  join,  thev  cry, 
u  to  root  them  iroin  the  ground. 

u  'Fill  not  the  name  of  faints  temain, 
"  nor  mem'ry  ihail  be  found." 

6.  Awake,  Almighty  God, 
and  call  thy  wrath  to  mind  ; 

Give  them  like  fbrrefts  to  the  tire, 
or  Hubble  to  the  wind. 

7.  Convince  their  madnefs,  Lord, 
and  make  them  teek  thy  name  ; 

Or  elie  their  ltubborn  rage  contound, 
that  tney  may  die  in  ihame. 

8.  Tlien  fhall  the  nations  know 
that  glorious   dreadful  word, 

J-ihovah  is  thy  name  alone, 

and  thou  the  lov'reign  Lord. 


Psalm   LXXX.V.   Firjt  Part.  Long    Metre, 
The  FUafure  cj  pubitck    Worjhip. 

I.'T   ^  O  vV    p.euiui.t,   how  dninel)   tair, 

JX  O  Loid  or  lioit>,  t;iv  dwellings  are! 
With    long  deine  im   tpirii  laints, 
To  meet  m'  aiitniDiica  ot"  thj  iaiiits. 


l68  Psalm     Ixxxiv. 

2.  My  flefti  would  rc(t  in  thine  abode, 
JWy  panting  heart  cries  out  Tor  God  ; 
]V1y  God  !  my  King!  why  mould  1  be 
So  i.ir  from   all  my   joys  and  thee  ? 

^.   The  fparrow  cliufes  where  to  reft, 
And   tor  her    young  provide*  her  neil  : 
But  will  my  God  to  fparro  \  s  grant 
That  pleafure  which  his  children  want  ? 

4.  Blefl  are  the  fai  its  who  fit  on  high, 
Around  thy  throne  of   majcity  ; 

Thy  blighted   glories  Ihine  above, 
And  all  their  \\  oik  is  praife  and  love. 

5.  Bleil  are  the  fouls  that  find  a  place 
Within  the  temple  of  thy  grace  ; 
There  they  behoid  thy  gentler  rays, 
And  leek  thy    face,  and  learn  thy  praife. 

6.  Bleft  are  the  men  whofe  hearts  are  fet 
To  find  the  way   to    ILion*   gate  ; 

God  i^  their  iheiagth,  ai-d,  thro'  the  road, 
TJiey  lean  upon   their  helper,  God. 

7.  Chearful  they  walk  with  growing  ftrength, 
'Till  all  (hall  meet  in  Heav'n  at  length  : 
'Till  all    before  thy  face  appear, 

And  join  in  nobler  worihip  there. 

Tsalm    LXXXIV.     Second  Fart.  Long  Metre. 

Cod  and  his  Church  ;  or,  Grace    and  Glory. 

l.S      RK'T   God  attend,  while  Zionfmgs 

*     '    The  joy  that  from  thy  pre  fence  fprings, 
T'>  fpend  (lie  <\*y  with  thee  on  earth, 
Exceeds  a  thoufaud  days  of  mirth. 

2     Might  I    enjoy  the  meaner!  place 
Wit  I  in    thine  houfe,    O  God  of  grace, 
Not  tents  of  eafe,   nor  thrones  of  jjow'r, 
Snuuid  tempt  my  feet  to  leave  thy  door. 


Psalm     Ixxxiv.  169 

3.  God  is  our  fun,  he  makes  our  day  ; 
God    is  ourihield,  he  guards  our  way 
From  allth'  aiiaults  of  hell  and  fiu, 
From  foes  without,    and  foes  within. 

4.  All  needful  grace  will  God  beftow, 
And  crown  that  grace  with  glory  too  ; 
He  gives  us  all  tilings,    and  with-ho\ds 
No  real  good   from  upright  fouls. 

5.  O  God,  our  King,    whofe  fbv'reign  fway, 
The  glorious  hoftsof  Heav'n  obey, 

And  devils  at  thy  prelence  flee, 
Bleil  is  the  man    that  truits  in  thee. 


Psalm    LXXXIV.    I,  4,  2,  3,  10. 

Paraphras'd  in  Common  Metre. 

Delight  in  Ordinances  of  Worf}?>t>  ;  or,   Cod  pre* 
fent  in  his  Churches. 

i.~\  fY    foul,  how  lovely    is  the  place 
|\X      to  which  thy  God  refbrts  ! 

'Tis  Heav'n  too  fee  his  fmiling  face, 
tho'    in  his  earthly  courts. 

2.  There  the  great  monarch  of  the  fkies 
his  faving  pow'rdifplays, 

And  light  breaks  in  upon  our  eyes, 
with  kind  and  quick'ning  rays. 

3.  With  his  rich  gifts  t'ie  heav'nly  Dove 
defcends    and  fills  the  phice, 

While   Chrift  revea]s  hh  wond'rous  love, 
and  (lieds  abroad  his  grace. 

4.  There  mi/>htv  God.  thy  words  declare 
the  fecrets  of  thy  will  ; 

And  ttill  we   feek  thv  mercy  there, 
and  ling  tby  praifes  ftill. 
R 


77^  Psalm  Ixxxiv. 

Pause. 

5.   Mv  heart  and  flefh  cry  out  for  thee, 
while  far  from  thine  abode  ; 

When  (hall  I  tread  thy  courts  and  fee 
my  Saviour  and  my  God  ? 

6.  The  fparrow   builds  herfelf  a  neft, 
and  fuffers  no    remove  ; 

O  make  ine,   like  the  fparrows,  blefl, 
to  dwell   but  where  I  love. 

7.  To  (it  one  day  beneath  thine  eye, 
and  hear  thy  gracious  voice, 

Exceeds  a  whole  eternity 
employ 'd  in  carnal  joys. 

8.  Lord,  at  thy  threfhold  I  would  wait, 
while  Jefus    is  within, 

Rather  than  fill  a  throne  of  (late, 
or  live  in  tents  of  fin. 

9.  Could  I  command  the  fpacious  land, 
and  the  more  boundlefs  fea, 

For  one  bleft  hour  at  thy   right  hand, 
I'd  give  them  both  away. 

Psalm   LXXXIV.   As  the   148/*  Pfatm. 

Longing  for  the  Hcufe  of  Co  J. 

Z.T      ORD  of  the  worlds   above, 

J j    How  pleafant  and  how  fair 

The   dwellings  of  thy  love, 
Thy  earthly  temples  are  i 

To  thine  abode 

My  heart  afpires, 

V»  itli  warm  delires, 

To   lee  my  God. 

2.  The  fparrow,  fnr  her  young, 
With  plcaiurc  leeks  a  neit  ; 


Psalm    hoaqr.  *7* 

And  wand'ring  fw allows  long 
To  find  their  wonted  red  : 

My  fpirit  fa:nts, 

With  equal  zeal, 

To    rile  and  dwell 

Among  thy  faints. 

*.  O  happv  fouls  that  pray 
Where   God  appoints   to  hear  I 
O  happv  men  that    pay 
Their  couftanl  lerv ice,  there  . 

Thev  praife  thee  lull  j 

And' happy  they, 

That  love  the  way, 

To   Tjons  hill. 
4.  Thev  go  from  ftrength  to  ftrength, 
Thro'  this  dark  vale  of  tears, 
•Till  each  arrives  at  length, 
'Till  each  in  heav'n  appears. 

O  glorious  feat, 

When  God  our  king 

Shall  thither  bring 
Our  willing  feet  ! 

P    A     U     S     E. 

5.  To  fpend  one   facred  d-y, 
Where  God   and  Saints   abide, 
Anbrds  diviner   joy 

Than  thonfand  days  beflde  : 

Where  God  re  forts, 

T  love  it  more 
^  To   keep   the  door 

Than  ihinein  courts. 

6.  ^God   is  our  fun  and  fhield, 
Our  light  and  our  defence  ; 
With  gitts  his    hands   are  nll'd, 
%Ve  draw  our  bieilings  thence  : 

&  2 


172  Psalm     Ixxxiv,  lxxxv. 

He  fhall  beftow, 
On  Jacob's  race, 
Peculiar  grace, 
And  glory  too. 

7.  The  Lord  his    people  l|(yes  : 
His  hand  no  good    with  holds 
From  thofe  his  heart  approves, 
From  pure  and  pious   ibuls  : 

Thrice  happy  he, 

O  God  of   Hofts, 

Wbofe   fpirit  trulls 

Alone  in  thee. 

Psalm     LXXXV.    v.  i  — 8.     Firft  Part. 
Waiting  for  an    Anfwer   to  Prayer;  or,    Delive- 
rance began  and  compleated. 
TORD  thou  halt  calTd  thy  grace  to   mind, 
>    Thou  hail  revers'd  our  heavy  doom  : 
So  God  forgave  when    Ifrel  finn'd, 
And  brought  his  wand'ring  captives  home. 

2.  Thou  haft  begun  to  fet  us  free, 
And  made  thv  fiercer!:  wrath  abate  ; 
Now  let  our  hearts  be  turn'd  to  thee, 
And  thy  falvation  be  com  pi  eat. 

3>   Revive  our  dying  graces,  Lord, 
And  let  thy  faints  in    thee  rejoice  ; 
Make  known  thy  truth,    fulfil  thy  word, 
We  wait  for  praile  to  tune  cur  voice. 

4,  We  wait  to  hear  what  God  will  fay  ; 
He'll  (peak,   and  give  his  people  peace  : 
But  let  them  run  no-  more   aftrav, 
Left  liis   returning  wrath  increase. 


s  a  l  M     LXXXV.     v.  9,  &c    Second  Part. 
Salvation  bj  Chrift. 
ALVATION  is  for  ever  nigh 
The  fouls  that  fear  and  trull  the   Lord  ; 


P    S    A    L    M       I-TXXV,   lxXXVK  1 73 

And  grace,  de  (bending  from  on  high, 
Frelh  hopes  of  glory  (hall  afford. 

2.  Mercy  and  truth  on  earth  are  met, 

Since  Chrift  the  Lord  came  down  fromHeav'n  ; 
By  his  obedience,  lb  compleat, 
Juftice  is  pleas'd,  and  peace  is  giv'n. 

3.  Now  truth  and  honour  (hall  abound, 
Religion  dwell  on  earth  again, 

And  heav'nly  influence  blefs  the  ground 
In  our  Redeemer's  oentle  reig-n. 

4.  His  righteoufnefs  is  gone  before, 
To  give  us  free  accefs  to  God  ; 

Our  wandering  feet  fhall  itray  no  more, 
But  mark  his  lteps,  and  keep  the  road. 

If  fome  readers  fliould  iuppofe.  the  EHgiiJb  verfe,  here  to  mis- 
take the  Hclrcyo  fenfe,  yet  perhaps  thefe  evangelical  alluiions, 
to  the  weirds  of  the  Jewtjb  pfalmiit,  may  be  as  agreeable  and 
ufeful  to  the  Christian  worihipper. 

Psalm     LXXXVI.     v.  8—13. 
A  general  Song  of  Praife  to   Cod. 

1.  A  IVIONG    the  princes,  earthly  Gods, 
f~\     there's  none  hath    pow'r  divine  ; 

Nor  is  their  nature,  mighty  Lord, 
nor  are  their  works   like  thine. 

2.  The  nations,  thou  haft  made,  mall  bring 
their  ofPrings  round   thy  throne  ; 

For  thou  alone  doit  wond'rous  things, 
for  thou  art  God  alone. 

3.  Lord,  I  would  walk  with  holy  feet  5 
teach  me  thine  heav'nly  ways, 

And  mv  poor  fcatter'd  thoughts  unite 
in  God   my  father's   praife. 

4.  Great  is  thy  mercy,  and  my  tongue 
&all  thole,  fiveet  wonders  tell. 


174  F  s   a   L   M     lxxxvii,  Ixxxix. 

How  by  thy  grace    my   finking  foul 
role  from  the  deeps  of  hell. 


Psalm    LXXXVII. 
>Th?  Church  is  the  Birth-Place   of  the  Saints  ;  or, 
Jews   and   Gentiles     united  in    the    Christian 
Church 

1.  f~*   O  D  in  his  earthly  temple  lays 

a    "%   Foundations  f  r  his  heav'nly  praiie  : 
He  likes  tlie  tents  of  Jacob  well, 
But  (till  in  Z/o«  loves  to  dwell. 

2.  His  mercy  vifits  ev'ry  houfe 

That  pay  their  night  and  morning-vows; 
But  makes  a  more  delightful  it  ay. 
Where  churches  meet  to  praiie  and  pray. 

3.  What  glories  were  defcrib'd  of  old  ? 
What  wonders  are  of  7Lion  told  ? 
Thou  city  of  our  God  below, 

Thy  fame  mall  Tyre  and  Egypt  know. 

4.  Egypt  and  Tyre,  and  Creek  and  Jei39 
Sh  illthee  bei>in  their  lives  anew  : 
Angels  and  men  (hall  join  to  fing 
The  hill  where  living  waters  fpring. 

5.  When  God  makes  up  his  lalt  account 
Of  natives  in  his  holy  mount, 

'Twill  be  an  honour  to  appear 

As  one  new-born  or  nouriih'd  there  ! 

I  have  explained  the  (econd  verfe  at    large,  and  tranfpofed  the 
laft.     For  Singert   and  players   on  injtruments,  I  have  imroduced 

drtgels  with  men* 

Psalm    LXXXfX.    Firft   Part. 
Long  Metre. 

The    Covenant    made    with  Chrift ;  or,    the 
true  David. 


Psalm      lxxxtx.  175 

MercV  end  truth  for  ever  R rxii cl 
Like  Heav'n,  eilablifliM  by  his  hand. 

2   Thus  to  Ids  ion  lie  fware,  and  faid, 
"  With  thee  my  cov'nant  firtt  is  made  ; 
<c  In  thee  fh all  dying  iinners  live, 
"  Glory  and  grace  are  thine  to  give. 

3,   "  Be  thou  my  prophet,  tliou  my  prieft  ; 
«  Thy  children  lhall  be  ever  bleit  : 
u    Thou  art  my  choien  King  i   thy  throne 
€t  Shall  irand  eternal,  like  my  own. 

"  4.   There's  none  of  all  my  fbns  above, 

<i  So  much  my  image  or  my  iove  ; 

€t  Celeilial  povv'rs  thy  iubjects  are, 

"  Then  what  can  earth  to  tliee  compare^ 

5.  u  David,  my  fervant,  whom  I  chofe 
u  To  guard  my  flock,  to  crufh  my  toes, 
t€  And  rais'd  him  to  r  he  Jzwifl?  throne,, 
u  Was  but  a  fhadow  of  my  Son." 

6.  Now  let  the  church  rejoice  and  fing 
Jtfus  her  Saviour  and  her  King  ; 
Angels  his  heav'nly   wonders  ihow, 
And  faints  declare  his  works  below. 


Psalm  LXXXIX.  F:rft  Part.    Com.   Metre 
The  Faithfulnefs  of  God. 

1.  "\  M  Y  never  ceafing  fongs  ihall  ihow, 
iVA    the  mercies  of  the  Lord, 

And  make  fucceedincr  ages  know; 
how  faithful  is  his  word. 

2.  The  facred  truth  his  lips  pronounce 
fti all  firm  as  heav'n  endure, 

And  if  he  fpeak  a  pron.ife  once, 
th*  eternal  grace  is  fure. 


1J&  'P    S     A     L     M        I.YXXI.Y. 

3.  How  long  the  race  of  David  held 
the  promised  Jswijh  throne  ! 

But  there's  a  noble  cov'nant  feal'd 
to  David's  greater  Son. 

4.  His  feed  for  ever  (hall  poffefs 
a  throne  above  the  ikies  ; 

The  meancll  fubject  of*  his  grace 
fhall  to  that  glory  rife. 

5.  Lord  God  of  hofts,  thy  wondVous  ways 
are  fung  by  faints  above  ; 

And  faints  on  earth  their  honours  raife 
to  thy  unchanging  love. 

P  s  a  l  m    LXXXIX.  v.  7.   &C.    Second  Part. 

The  Power  a?zd  Majedy  cf  God ;  or, 
Reverential  Worjhip. 

1.  TT7ITH  rev'rence  let  the  faints  appear^ 

V  V     ancl  DOW  before  the  Lord, 
His  high  commands  with  rev'renee  hear, 
and  tremble  at  his  word. 

2.  How  terrible  thy  glories  be  ! 
how  briolit  thine  armies  flnne  ! 

Where  is  the  pow'r  that  vies  with  thee 
or  truth  compar'd  to  thine  ? 

3.  The  Northern  pole  and  Southern,  reil 
on  thy  fupporting  hand  ; 

Darkneis  and  day  from  eaji  to  weft 
move  round  at  thy  command. 

4.  Thy  words  the  raging  wind  controu7r?. 
and  rnle  the  boilt'rous  deep  ; 

Thou  uiak'ft  the  deeping  billows  roll,, 
the  rolling  billows  ileep. 

5.  Heav'n,  earth,  and  air,  and  fea  ar*  thine, 
and  the  dark-  world  of  hell  :- 


Psalm     lxxxix.  1 77 

How  did  thine  arm  in  vengeance  mine 
when  Egypt  dm  It  rebel  ! 

6.  Jufiice  and  judgment  are  thy  throne, 

yet  wond'rous  is  thv  grace  \ 
While  truth  and  mercy  join'd  in  one 

invite  us  near  thy  face. 

I  have  here  tranfpofed  the  verfes  a  little,  to  make  the  connexi- 
on plainer. 

P  s  a  l   m    LXXXIX.'  v.  is,    ice.  Third  Part. 

A  Bleijed  Cofpel. 

1.  "OLEST  are  the  fouls  that  hear  and  know 
L)   the  gofpel's  joyful  found  ; 

Peace  mall  attend  the  path  they  go, 
and  light  their  Reps  furround. 

2.  Their  joy  (hall  bear  their  fpirits  up 
thro*  their  Redeemer's  name  ; 

His  righteoufnefs  exalts  their  hope, 
nor  Sat a?j  dares  condemn, 

3.  The  Lord  our  glory  and   defence 
ftrengtb  and  faivation  gives: 

Jfr*et  thy  King  for  ever 'reigns, 
thy  God  for  ever  lives. 

P  s  a  l  m   LXXXIX.     v.  19,  &c.   Fourth  Part. 

ChrlfY s    Mediatorial   Kingdom  ;    or,    his    Divitr 

and  Human  Nature. 

I.  T  TEAR  what  the  Lord  in  virion  faid, 

I     \    and  made  his  mercv  known  ; 
€t  Sinners  behold  your  help  is  laid 
"  on  my  almighty  Son." 

,   Behold  the  man  mv  wilclom  choie 
among  your  mortal  race, 


178  Psalm       Ixxxix* 

His  head  my  holy  oil  overflows, 
the  fpirit  of  my  grace. 

3.  High  mall  he  reign  on  David's  throne, 
my  people's  betttr  king; 

My  arms  (ha  11  beat  his  rivals  down  : 
and  (till  new  fubjccts  b.ing. 

4.  My  truth  (hall  guard  him  in  his  w*ay 
With  mercy  by  his  fide, 

W    iie  in  my  name  thro'  earth  and  lea 
he  mall  in  triumph  ride. 

5.  Me  for  his  father  and  his  God 
he  fhall  for  ever  «\vn, 

Call  me  his  ro^k,  his  high  abode  : 
and  I'll  fiipport  my  Son. 

6.  My  firM-born  Sen  array'd  in  grace 
at  my  right-haud  mall  fit  -> 

Beneath  him  angels  know  their  place, 
and  monarch*  at  his  feet. 

7.  My  cov'nant  (lands  for  ever  fait, 
my  promifes  are  itrong  ; 

Firm  as  the  Heav'ns  his  throne  fhall  laft, 
his  feed  endure  as  long. 

Psalm  LXXXiX.       v.  30,  &c.     Fifth  Part. 

The  Covenant  of  Grace  unchangeable ;  or,  Afflicti- 
ons without  Rejection, 

1.  X/"  E  T  (faith  the  Lord)  if  DaviJ's  race, 

\        the  children  of  my  fon, 
Should  break  my  laws,  abufe  my  grace, 
and  tempt  mine  anger  down. 

2.  Their  fins  Til  vifit  with  the  rod, 
and  make  their  folly  fmart  ; 

Bat  I'll  not  ceafe  to  be  their  God, 
nor  from  my  truth  depart.. 


P  S   A   L   M      I\X\ix.  iyy 

3.  My  cov'nanl  1  will  ne'er  1 1  \  oke 
bur.  k'_jep  my  gn  ce  in  mind  : 

And  what  et<  re  hath  (poke, 

eternal  truth  (hall  bind. 

4.  Once  have  1  (Worn*,   (I  need  no  more) 

and  pUdg'd  my  bolii  *  * 

To  ft  u  «?  pvoniile  inure 

to  Dl.z rid  and  his  rac  . 

5.  The  fan  (hall  lee  his  offspring  riie 
and  (pre  id  iVom  Tea  to  lea, 

Long  as  he  travels  round  the  ikies 
to  give  the  nations  day. 

6.  Sure  as  the  moon  that  rules  the  night 
his  kingdom  mail  endure, 

Till  the  rix'd  laws,  of  (hade  and  light 
mall  be  obferv'd  no  more. 

P  s  a  l  m  LXXXIX.  v.   47,  &c  Sixth  Part. 

Long  Metre. 
Mortality  and  Hope,  A  Funeral  Pfalm. 

\JT\  EMEMBER,  Lord,  our  mortal  Rate, 

JLX.  How  frail  our  lite  !  how  fhort  the  date  ! 
Where  is  the  man  that  draws  his  breath 
Safe  from  difeafe,  iecure  from  death  \ 

2.   Lord,  while  we  fee  whole  nations  die, 
Our  flelh  and  fenfe  repine  and  crv, 
u  Mutt  death  for  ever  rage  and  reign  J 
u  Or  hail  thou  made  mankind  in  vain  \n 

2.   Where  is  thy  promife  to  the  juft  ? 
Are  not  thy  fervants  turn'd  to  dull. 
But  faith  forbids  thefe  mournful  fighs, 
And  fees  the  fleeping  dull  arife. 

Tliat  glorious  hour,  that  dreadful  day- 
Wipes  the  reproach  of  faints  away, 


180  P  s  a  l  m     Ixxxix,  xc. 

And  clears  the  honour  of  thy  word  : 
Awake  our  fouls,  and  blrfi  the  Lord. 

Psalm    LXXXIX.     v.    47,  kc.  Lajl  Part,  as 
the    U7th  Pfalm. 
Life,  Death  and  the  ReJurreElion. 

THINK,  mighty  God,  on  feeble  man  ; 
How  few  bis  hours  !  bow  fhort  his  ipan  ! 
Short  from  the  candle  to  the  grave  : 
Who  can  fecure  his  vital  breath 
Againft  the  bold  demands  of  death, 
With  fkill  to  fly,  or  pow'r  to  fave  ? 

2.  Lord,  (hall  it  be  for  ever  faid, 
<i  The  race  of  man  was  only  made 

u   For  ficknefs,  forrow,  and  the  duft  :" 
Are  not  thy  fervants  day  by  clay 
Sent  to  their  graves,  and  turn'd  to  clay  ? 

Lord,  where's  thy  kin  duels  to  the  juit  ? 

3.  Hall  thou  notpromis'd  to  thy  Son 
And  all  his  feed  a  heav'nly  crown  ? 

But  flefh  and  fenfe  indulge  defpair; 
For  ever  bleffed  be  the  Lord, 
That  faith  can  re  »d  his  holy  word, 

And  find  a  refurreclion  there. 

4.  For  ever  blefTed  be  the  Lord, 
Who  gives  his  Hunts  a  long  reward 

For  all  their  toil,  reproach  and  pain; 
Let  all  below  and  all  above 
Join  to  proclaim  thy  wandYous  love, 

And  each  repeat  a  loud  Amen. 


Psalm     XC.      Long  Metre. 

Man  Mortal    and  Ccd  Eternal. 

A  mournfui  Song  at  a  Funeral. 

HRO'  every  age>    eternal  God, 
Thou  art  our  reil,  our  iafe  abode; 


P  S  A  L  M       xc,  iSr 

High  was  thy  throne  e'er  heav'n  was  made, 
Or  earth  thy  humble  foo  tltool  laid. 

2.  Long  hadit  thou   reign 'd  e'er  time   began, 
Or  dull  was  fafhion'd  to  a  man  ; 

And  long  thy  kingdom  fhall  endure 
When  earth  and  time  fhall  be  no  more. 

3.  But  man,  weak  man,  is  born  to  die, 
Made  up  of  guilt  and  vanity  : 

Thy  dreadful  fentence,  Lord,  was  jtlflj 
u  Return,  ye  (inner j,  to  jour  du]L" 

4.  [  A  thoufand  of  our  years  amount 
Scarce  to  a  day  in  thine  account 
Like  yeiterday's  departed  light, 

Or  the  lalt  watch  of  ending  night. 

Pause. 

5.  Death  like  an    overflowing  ftream 
Sweeps  us  away  ;  our  life's  a  dream 
An  empty  tale  ;   a  niorning-fiow'r 
Cut  down  and  wither'd  ill  an  hour. 3 

6.  [Our  age  to  feventy  years  is  fet ; 
How  fhort  the  term  !  how  frail  the  date  I 
And  if  to  eighty  we  arrive, 

We  rather  figli  and  groan  than  live. 

7.  But  O  how  oft  thy  wrath  appears, 
And  cuts  of  our  expected  years  ! 

Thy  wrath  awakes  our  humble  dread  ; 
We  fear  the  pow'r  that  ftrikes  us  dead.1 

U.  Teach  us,  O  Lord,  how  frail  is  man  j 
And  kindly  lengthen  out  our  fpan, 
*Till  a  wife  care  of  piety 
Fit  us  to  die,  and  dwell  with  thee, 


l82  P    S     A     L    Af         XC. 

Psalm    XC.    i  —  j.     Firjl  Part.  Com.    Mefi 

Man  Frail,  and  God  Eternal. 

i»    /^\^^  God,  our  help  in  ages  pad, 

\J    our  hope  for  years  to  come 
Ourfhelter  from  the    irormy  blait 
and  our  eternal  home. 

2.  Under  the  fhadow  cf  thy  throne 
thy  faints  have  dwelt  fecure  ; 

Sufficient  is  thine  arm  alone, 
and  our  defence  is  Aire. 

3.  Before  the  hills  in  order  Mood, 
or  earth  receiv'd  her  frame, 

From  everlafting  thou  art  God, 
toendlefs  years  the  fame. 

4.  Thy  word  commands  our  flefh  to  dull, 

return,  ye  fon  of  men  : 
AW  nations  rofe  from  earth  at  firft, 
and  turn  to  earth  again. 

5.  A  thou  fan  d  ages  in  thy  fight 
are  like  an  ev'nhig  done  ; 

Short  as  the  watch  that  ends  the  night, 
before  the  riling  fun. 

6.  [The  bury  tribes  of  flefli  and  blood 
with  all  their  lives  and  cares 

Are  carry'd  downwards  by  thy  flood, 
and  loll  in  following  years. 

* 

7.  Time  like  an  ever-rolling  flream 
bears  all  its  fons  away  : 

They  fly  forgotten,  as  a  dream 
dies  at  the  op'ning  day. 

$.  Like  flow'ry  fields  the  nation  (lands 
pleas'd  with  the  morning-light ; 

The  flow'rs  beneath  the  mower's  hands 
lie  with 'ring  e'er  'tis  night.] 


P    S     A     L      M        Xu  1S3 

9.   Our  Goth  our  lielj^  in  ages  pail. 

our  hopes  for  years  to  come, 
Be  thou  our   (;u:;rt!  v.  bile  troubles  lail, 

and  our  eternal  home. 


Jt<  1:,  9,  ic,  12.    fcceni  Pari. 

anion  Metre. 

or,  Lift> 

i 

1.  T      ORD,  if  thine  eyes  furvey  our  fau'ts, 
J   j    and  juflice  grows  fevere, 

Thy  dreadful  wrath  exceeds  our  thoughts, 
and  burns  beyond  our  fear. 

2.  Thine  anger  turns   our  frame  to  dull  ? 
by  one  offence  to  thee 

Adam  with  all  his  foils  have  loft 
their  immortality. 

s.    Life  like  a   vain  amufement  flies, 

a  fable  or  a  fong  ; 
Bv  fwift  degrees  our  nature  dies, 

nor  can  our  iovs  be  long. 

4.  'Tis  but  a  few  whofe  days  amount 
to  threefcore  years  and  ten  ; 

A]id  ail  beyond  that  fhort  account 
is  lbrrow,  toil  and  pain. 

5.  [Our  vitals  with  laborious  ft  rife 
bear  up  the  crazy  loac% 

And  drag  thole  poor  remains  of  life 
along  the  tirefome  road.]} 

6.  Almighty  God,  reveal  thy  love, 
and  not  thy  wrath  alone  ; 

O  let  our  fweet  experience  prove 
the  mercie^of  thy  throne, 
S  z 


i 


184  Psalm     xe. 

7.  Our  fouls  would  leam   the  heavenly  art 
t' improve  the  hours  we  have, 

That  we  may  art  the  wifer  part, 
and  Hve  beyond  the  grave. 


Psalm     XC.   v.    j3,  kc.     Third  Part. 
Common  Metre. 

Breathing  afttr  Heaven 

1.  |3  ETURN  O  God  of  love,  return  j 
J\^  earth  is  a  tirefome  place  : 

How  long  (hall  we  thy  children  mourn 
our  abfence  fiom  thy  face  ? 

2.  Let  Heav'n  fucceed  our  painful  years, 
let  iin  and  forrow  ceafe, 

And  in  proportion  to  our  tears 
io  make  our  joys  increafe. 

3.  Thy  wondess  to  thy  fervants  fhow> 
make  thy  own  work  compleat, 

Then  ihall  our  fouls  thy  glory  know, 
and  own  thy  love  was  great. 

4.  Then  {hall  we  (bine  before  thy  throne 
in  all  thy  beauty,  Lord  ; 

And  the  pocr  fervice  we  have  done 
meet  a  divine  reward. 

.  P  sal  M   XC.   v.    5,  To,  1  2.  Short  Metre, 

The  Frailty  dnd  Short  fiefs  of  Life. 

ORD,  what  a  feeble  piece 
_j    is  this  our  mortal  frame  I 
Our  life  how  poor  a  trifle  'tis, 
that  fcarce  deferves  the  naineL 


1 


2.   Alafs  the  brittle  clay 
that  built  our  body  tirit  ■ 


P   S   A    L   M        -\C,    XCI.  l8 S; 

And  ev'ry  month  and  ev'ry  day 
'tis  mould' ring  back  10  dull. 

3.  Our  moments  fly  apace, 
nor  will  our  minutes  ilav  ; 

Juit  like  a  flood  our  haity  days 
are  Sweeping  us  away. 

4.  Well,  if  our  days  mull  fly, 
we'll  keep  their  end  in  light, 

We'll  fpend  them  all  in,  wildom's  way, 
and  let  them  fpeed  their  flight. 

5.  They'll  waft  us  fooner  o'er 
this  life's  temper! uous  iea  ; 

Soon  we  ihall  reach  the  peaceful  fhore 
of  bleri  eternity. 

P   s   a    l   M      XCI.    1  —  7.  Ftrjt  Part. 
Safety  in  public  Difcafcs  and  Dangers. 

1,  T  T  E  that  hath  made  his  refuge  God, 
XX   Shall  find  a  molt  Secure  abode  ; 

Shall  walk  all  day  beneath  his  made, 
And  there  at  night  mail  reii  his  head. 

2.  Then  will  I  fay,   "  My  God,  thy  pow'r 
"   Shall  be  my  fortrefs  and  my  tow  'r  : 

"   I  that  am  rorm'u  ox   feebie  duit 

u  Make  thine  almi-iity  arm  uiy  trail." 

:.   Thrice  happy  man !   Thy  Maker's  care 
Shall  keep  thee  from  the  fowler's  iaare1 
Satan  the  fowler  who  betrays 
Unguarded  fouls  a  thoufand  ways. 

4.  Juft  as  a  hen  protcAs  her  brood 
From  birds  of  prey  that  leek  their  blood 
Under  her  feathers,  ih  the  Lord 
Makes  his  own  arm  h  i  people's  guard, 
S   5 


*S6  Psalm     apf. 

5.  If  burning  beams  of  nccn  ccnfpfte 
To  dart  a  peitilenrial  fire, 

God  is  their  life  ;  his  wings  arc*  fpread 
To  fhitld  them  with  an  healthful  fhade 

6.  If  vapours  with  malignant  breath 
Rile  thick,  and  fcatter  midnight-deal! 
Iffcl  is  lafe  :    the  poiibti'd  air 
Grows  pure,  if  IfreTs  God  be  there. 

Pause. 

7.  What  tho'  a  thoufand  at  thy  fide, 
At  thy  right-hand  ten  thoufand  dy\\?. 
Thy  God  his  choien  people  faves 
ATiong  the  dead,  amidft  the  graves. 

8.  So  when  he  fent  his  angel  down 
To  make  his  wrath  in  Egypt  known,, 
And  Hew  their  fons,  his  careful  eye 
Pafs'd  all  the  doors  of  Jacob  by. 

9.  But  if  the  fire,  or  plague,  or  fword'-,, 
Receive  commiffion  from  the  Lord 

To  llrike  his  faints  among  the  refr, 
Their  very  pains  and  deaths  are  bleft^ 

TO.  The  fword)  the  peftilence  or  fire,. 
Shall  but  fulfil  their  beft  defire  : 
From  fins  and  forrows  fet  them  free, 
And  bring  thy  children,  Lord>  to  thee.. 

See  the  notes  on  the  4.1ft  pfalra. 

Psalm    XCI.  9— 16.  Second  Part. 

Protection  from  Death,  Guard  of  Angels,   ViCtQ- 
ry  and  Deliverance. 

X.  *\TE  fons  of  men  a  feeble  race, 

\     expos'd  to  ev'ry  fnare, 
Come,  make  the  Lord  your  dvvelling-placep 
and  try,  and  truit  his  care; 


P  s   a    t    tf      xci,    xcil.  187 

:.   No  ill  mall  enter  where  you  dwell  ; 

or  if  rhe  plague  come  nigh, 
And  fweep  the  wicked  down  to  lielJ, 

'twill  raiie  his  iliiaits  on  high, 

5.   He'll  give  his  angels  charge  to  keep 

your  feet  in  all  their  ways  ; 
To  watch  your  pillow  while  you  lleep, 

and  guard  your  happy  days. 

4.  Their  hands  fhall  bear  you,  left  you  fall! 
and  dafti  again  ft  the  ftones  : 

Ave  they  not  Servants  at  liis  call, 
and  Tent  t*  attend  his  Ions  ? 

5.  Adders  and  lions  ye  mall  tread  ; 
the  tempter's  wiles  defeat  ; 

He  that  hath  broke  the  ierpent's  head 
puts  him  beneath  your  feet. 

6.  u   Becauie  011  me  they  fet  their  love,. 
"   111  lave  them  (  faith  the  Lord) 

u  I'll  bear  their  joyful  fouls  above 
u  destruction  and  the  fword. 

7.  "  My  grace  mail  anfwer   when   they  call ; 
"  in  trouble  I'll  be  nigh  : 

u  My  pow'r  fhall  help  them  when  they  fall, 
ii  and  raiie  them  when  they  die. 

8.  u  Thofe  that  on  earth  my  name  have  known 
t€  I'll  honour  them  in  Heav'n  ; 

"  Tliere  my  falvation  mail  be  mown,. 
"  and  endlefs  life  be  giv'n." 

Psalm     XCIL      Firjl    Part, 

A  Pfalmfcr  the  Lord'j.Day. 

W  E  ET  is  the  work,  my  God,  my  Kingy 
praiie  thy  narae;give  thanks  and  fvpg  3 


KjTo 


188  Psalm     xcii. 

To  ihew  thy  love  by  morning-light, 
And  talk  of  all  thy  truth  at  night. 

2.  Sweet  is  the  clay  of  (acred  reft, 
No  mortal  cares  (hall  feize  my  bread; 
O  may  my  heart  in  tune  be  found 
Like  David's  harp  of  iblemn  found  ! 

3.  My  heart  (hall  triumph  in  my  Lord, 
And  blefs  his  works,  and   blefs  his  word  ; 
Thy  works  of  grace  how  bright  thev  fhine  i 
How  deep  thy  counfcls  !  how  divine  ! 

4.  Fools  never  raife  their  thoughts  ih  high  ; 
Like  brutes  they  live,  like  brutes  tliey  die  : 
Like  graft  they  flourifh,  till  thy  breath 
Blait  them  in  everlalting  death. 

5.  But  I  (hall  (hare  a  glorious  part 
When  grace  hath  well  reriu'd  my  heart, 
And  frefh  (applies  of  joy  are  (hed 

Like  holy  oil  to  cheat  my  head. 

6.  Sin  (my  word  enemy  before) 
Shall  vex  my  eyes  and  ear:,  no  more  ; 
My  inward  foes  (hall  all  be  iLain, 
Nor  Satan  break  my  peace  again. 

7.  Then  (hall  I  fee,  and  hear,  and  know 
All  I  defir'd  or  wihVd  below  ; 

And  ev'ry  pow'r  find  ftveet  employ 
In  that  eternal  world  of  joy. 

Stan.  6.  tt&pri  ei  ng  in  the  dejhvclion  cf  ovr  pcrfnzl  ev.c^niei,  f.V 
rot  fa  evangelical  a  pra&ke,  thereto ie  I  the  11  vetfe  of- 

this  pfaim  another  turn  :•  fee  the  aotes  on  the  third  pfaJm. 

Psalm    XCII.  v\  12,  &c.  Second  Pari. 
The  Church  is  th?  Garden  of  God. 
ORD,  'tis  a  pieafant  thing  to  Hand 


1.  T    or 

1^  In 


gardens  planted  by  thine  ha-uU  y 


P   s    A    l    M      xcii,    xciii.  i#£ 

Let  me  within  thv  courts  be  feen 
Like  a  young  Cedar  frefli  and  green. 

2.  There  grow  thy  faints  in  faith  and  love,. 
Bleil  with  thine  influence  from  above  : 
Not  Lebanon  with  all  its  trees 

Yields  fuch  a  comely  fight  as  thefe. 

3.  The  plants  of  grace  (hall  ever  live  ; 
(Nature  decavs,  hut  grace  mnft  thrive) 
Time,  that  doth  all  things  elfe  impair, 
Still  makes  them  flourifh  ilrono;  and  fair. 

4.  Laden  with  fruits  of  age  they  (hew 
The  Lord  is  holy,  jufi  and  true  ; 
None  that  attend  his  gates  fhall  find 
A  God  unfaithful  or  unkind* 

P  S  A  l   M    XCIII.   i ft  Met.  as  the  reo  PJblm 

The  Eternal  and  Sovereign  Cod. 

I.  TEHOVAH  reigns  :  he  dwells  in  light, 

J  Girded  with  majefty  and  might  \ 
The  world  created  by  his  hands 
Still  on  it's  firft  foundation  Hands., 

2    But  e'er  this  fpacious  world  <vas  made,. 
Or  had  it's  fir  It  foundations  laid, 
Thv  throne  eternal  ages  iiood, 
Thyfelf  the  ever ■  living  God. 

%\  Like  floods  the  angry  nations  rife, 
And  aim  their  rage  again  ft  the  ikies  ; 
Vain  floods,  that  aim  their  rage  fo  high  ! 
At  thy  rebuke  the  billows  die. 

4.   For  ever  fhall  thy  throne  endure  ; 
Thy  promite  iland  for  ever  lure  -, 
And  everlaftino  holinefs 

comes  the  dwellings  of  thy  grace 


1 


TQO  P    S     A     I.     M       XClilj         XClff. 

Psai  m'XCIII.  Thi   Second  MctrCj  *4   tht  old 
50th  Pfi  . 

TThk  Lord  of  ^lory  rei 011s:  he  reigns  on  hi  jh  ; 
-*-   His  robes  of*  (late  jthand  majelU  ; 

This  wide  creation  mil-  at  his  command, 
Built  by  hi     wo:d,  and  'flablhVdbv  his  band  : 
Lone  flood  his  throne  e'er  lie  begfan  creation-  . 
Aim  Ins  own  Godhead  is  the  firm  foundation. 

2.  God  is  tii*  eternal  K i*ig>   Thy  foes  iij 

Ruife  their  rebellion  to  confound  thy  reig-n  : 
In  vain  the  ftorms,  in  vain  the  floods  arife, 
And  roar,and  to  fs  their  waves  again  ft  the  fkie*  ; 
Foaming  at  Heaven  they  rage  with  wild  com- 
motion, [ocean. 
But  Heaven's  high  arches     f  coir  te   fwelling 

3.  Ye  tempefts  rage  no  more;  ye  floods  be  Hill, 
And  the  mad  world  Pubmiflive  to  his  will  : 
Built  on  his  truth,  ins  church  niu'l  ever  Hand  j 
Firm  aie  his  promises,  and  flrong  his  hand  ; 
See  his  own  Tons,  when  they  appear  before  him 
Bow   at  his  icotitool,  and  with  fear  adore  him. 

Ps   A    l    M      XCiII.     Third    Metre,    as       the  old 
12  2:/  Pfalm, 

1.  ^TT^  HE  Lord  Jehovah  reigns, 

JL       *nd  rov  al  itate  maintains, 
His  head  with  awfu!  glories  crown'd  ; 

arraj  'd  in  robes  of  light, 

begirt  with  (bvVeign  mighty 
And  rays  of  Majrfty  around. 

2.  Upheld 'by  thv  commands 
the  worl  d  securely  1  lands  ; 

And  ikies  and  ftars  obey  thv   word  : 

thy  throne  was  fix'd  on  high 

before  the  itarry  iky  ; 
Eternal  is  thy  kingdom;  Lord. 


V  s    A    L    m    tciilj       xciiii.  200 

3.  In  vain  the  noify  crowd, 
like  billows  fierce  and  lotii 

Again  ft  thine  empire  ra^e  and  roar: 

in  vain  wit1?  angry  f;.iic 

the  furlv  nations  fi;ht, 
And  dam  like  wa\es  a<;:iinfi:  the  fhore. 

4.  Let  floods  and  nations  rage, 
and  all  their  pow'rs  en^cj>e. 

Let  (welling  tide^  dflW|t  the  iky, 

the    terrors  of  thy  frown 

mall  beat  their  mackseis  down  : 
Thy  throne  for  ever  (lands  on  high, 

5.  Thy  promifes  are  true, 
i)iy  n;iv.ce  is  ever  new  ; 

There  rix'd  thy  church  (hall  ne'er  remove  : 

thy  faints  with  holy  fear 

(hall  in  thy  courts  appear, 
And  ftno- thine  everlaitin.'v  love. 

Here  let  the  fourth  Jl.iuza  be  repeated  to  ft  inl  the  tune. 

Psalm     XCIV.    i,  2,  7—14.  F'trfi  Part. 

Saints  chaftifed,    and  Shiners   deflroyed  ;  or,    /*- 
fituffive  AffilBions. 

i.A^v   GOD   to  whom  revenge  belongs, 

\    /      proclaim  thy  wrath   aloud  ; 
Let  fov'reign  pow'r  redreis  our  wrongs, 
let  juitice  fmite  the  proud. 

2.  They  lay,  "  The  Lord  nor  fees,  nor  hears  ;" 

when  will  the  tools  be  wife  : 
Can  he  be  deaf    who  fcrm'd  their  ears  ? 

or  Mind,  who  made  their  eyes  ? 

5.  He  knows  their  impious  thoughts  are  vain, 

and    they  fhall  feel  his  pew'r  ; 
Ris  wrath  (kail  pierce  theit  fouls  with  paia 

in  lome  lupriziug  hour. 


ij2  Psalm     xciv, 

4*  But  if  thy  faints  de&rve  rebuke, 

thou  halt  a  gentler  rod  ; 
Thy  pro\iderces  and  thy  book 

jhall  make  them  know  tlieir  God. 

5.  BleU  h  the  man  thy  hands  chaflife, 
and  to  his  duty    draw  ; 

Thy  ilrourgcs  make  thy  children  wife 
when  they  forget  thy  law. 

6.  But  God  will  ne'er  caft  off  his  taint?, 
nor  his  own  promife  break  : 

He  pardons  his  inheritance 
tor  their  Redeemed  fake. 

Psalm   XCiV  v.  16, 23.         Second  Part- 
Cod  our    Support    and  Coi?ifort  •   or,  Delivera  nce 
from  Temptation  and  Perfecution. 

1 .  T  X  7  HO  will  a  rife  and  plead  my  right 

V  V       again II  my  nutn'rous  foes, 
While  earth  and  hell  their  iorce  unite, 
and  all  my  hopes  op pofe, 

2.  Had  not  the  Lord,  ray  rock,  my  helpf 
iuitam'd  my  f  intiug  head, 

My  life  hud  now  in  filence  dwelt, 
my  foul  amonglt  the  dead. 

3.  Alas,  my  fliding  feet?    I  cry^d, 
thy  promife  was  my  prop  ; 

Thy  orace  Itood  conftant  by  my  fide, 
thy  fpirit  bore  me  up. 

4.  While  multitudes  of  mournful  thoughts 
within  my  bofom  roll, 

Thy  bouudlefslove  forgives  my  faults, 
thy  co  nforts  chear  my  foul. 

5.  PowV  of  iniquity  may  rife, 
and  frame  pernicious  laws ; 


P   S    A    L   M       XCIV,    XCV.  T93 

Sut  God,  my  refuge,  rules  the  fkies, 
he  will  defend  my  caufe. 

6.  Let  malice  vent  her  rage  aloud, 

let  bold  blafphemers  fcoti  ; 
Tlie  Lord  our  God  (hall  judge  the  proud, 

and  cut  the  finners  off. 


s 


Psalm     X  ZV,         Common  Metre. 

A  Pfalm  before  Prayer. 
IXG  to  the  Lord,  Jehovah's  name, 


and  in  his  Itrength  rejoice: 
When  his  falvation  is  our  theme, 
exalted  be  our  voice. 

2.  With  thanks  approach  his  awful  fight, 

and  pfalms  of  honoar  fino  ; 
The  Lord's  a  God  of  boundlefs  might, 

the  whole  creation's  King. 

3."  Let  prince*  hear,  let  angel*  know, 

how  mean  their  nature  feem, 
Thofe  gods  on  high  and  gods  below, 

when  once  compared  with  him. 

4.  Earth  with  its  caverns  dark  and  deep, 
lies  in  his  fpacious  hand  ; 

He  fix'd  the  teas  what  hounds  to  keep 
and  where  the  hills  mult  (land. 

5.  Come,  and  with  humble  fouls  adore, 
come,  kneel  before  his  face  ; 

O  may  the  creatures  of  his  pow'r 
be  children  of  his  grace  ! 

6.  NowT  is  the  time  :  he  bends  his  ear, 
and  waits  for  >  our  rcqueft  ; 

Come,  left  he  roufe  his  wrath,  and  fwear. 

"  \e  fliali  not  fee  my  re/f." 
T 


194  P   s    A    L    M      cxv. 

Stan.   3.    Ar  ? I; :,'■■<     or      gorf% 

above    which  1  he  true  God  h    i'o  ol 
Pf*lms. 

P  S  A   L    M        XCV.    Short  Metre. 
A  Pfalrn  before  Senuon. 

1.  /~^  O  ME  found  his  praife  abroad, 
V_v  and  hymns*  of  £;Iory  fing  ; 

Jehovah  is  the  (ov'reign  God, 
the  univerfal  King. 

2.  He  form'd  the  deeps  unknown  ; 
he  gave  tlie  leas  their  bound  ; 

The  wat'ry  worlds  are  all  his  own, 
and  all  the  folic!  ground. 

3.  Come,  worfhip  at  his  throne, 
come,  bow  before  the  Lord  : 

We  are  his  works,  and  not  our  own  ; 
he  form'd  us  by  his  word. 

4.  To  day  attend  his  voice, 
nor  dare  provoke  his  rod  : 

Come,  like  the  people  of  his  choice, 
and  own  your  gracious  God. 

5.  But  if  your  ears  refufe 
the  language  of  his  grace, 

And  hearts  grow  hard  like  ltubborn  Jews, 
that  unbelieving  race, 

6.  The  Lord  :*iii  vengeance  dreft 
Will  lift  his  hand  and  fwear, 

€C   Ton  that  defpife  my  promised  reftf 
u  Jhall  have  no  portion  there. 


Psalm    XCV.     1,  2,  ;.  6 — II.  Long  Met, 
Canaan  loft  thro*  Unbelief ;    or,    a    Warning   to 

delaying  Sinners. 
T.  £^\  OME,  let  our  voices  join  to  raife 
V_>  A  facred  fong  ct  iolemn  praife  ; 


P    S     A     L     M       XCVj    A'Cvi.  I95 

God  is  a  fbv'reign  King  :   reh'earfe 
His  honours  i 

2.   Come,  let  <  iddrefi  the  Lord, 

Who  fram'd    our  uatures  with  bis  word  : 
He  i  pherd  ;  we  the  fheep 

Hi*  itiercy  chofc,  his  pa  (lures  keep. 

bis  roicc  to-day, 

...  ,cw 

The  fins  and  plagues  that  Ijr'ei  knew. 

4     #rV,  that  faw  his  works  of  grace, 
Yet  tempt  their  Maker  to  his  face  ; 
A  faithlefs  unbelieving  brood, 
That  tir'd  the  patience    of  their  God. 

5.  Thus  faith  the  Lord,  u  How  fa //i  they  proze/ 
u    Forget  my  pow'r \   abu  -:e  ; 

u    Since  they  dt  re/?,   IfwoTj 

"    Thy  feet  jhali  never  enter  there. 

6.  [Look  back,  my  foul,  with  holy  dread, 
And  view  thoie  antient  rebels  dead  ; 
Attend  the  offered  grace  to-day, 

Nor  lofe  the  bleffing  by  delay. 

7.  Seize  the  kind  promile,  while  it  waits, 
And  march  to  Zion's  heav'nly  oates  : 
Believe,   and  take  the  promised  veil  : 
Obey,  and  be  for  ever  blelt  j 

In  the  5a  'r-  iteri  toti.cHt 

r  a  cautioo  ,1  teroe  a?* 

ca's. 

P  s  a  l  M     XCVT.     z\  i,   10,  &f,  Com.    Met, 

Chrifi's  fir  (I    and  fee  end  Coming. 

I.  QM  N  G  to  the  Lord,  ye  diftant  lands, 
>3     >e  tribes  of  cv'rv  tongue  ; 
T  2 


1 96  Psalm     ;*cvi. 

His  new  difrover'd  grace  demands 
a  new  and  nobler fong. 

2.   Say  to  the  nations,  Jeftti  reigns, 

God's  own  almighty  Son  ; 
His  pow'r  the  finking  world  (attains, 

and  grace  furrounds  his  throne. 

3     Let  Heav'n  proclaim  the  joyful  dav, 

joy  thro'  tlie  earth  he  Teen  ; 
Let  cities  mine  in  bright  array, 

and  fields  in  chearful  green, 

4.   Let  an  untsfual  joy  furprize 

the  iilands  of  the  fea  : 
Ye  ul ountains  fink,  ye  valleys  rife; 

prepare  the  Lord  his  way. 

^  Behold  he  comes,  he  comes  to  blefs 

the  nations  as  their  God  ; 
To  (hew  the  world  his  right eoufnefs, 

and  fend  his  truth  abroad. 

6.  Bnt  when  his  voice  (hall  raife  the  dead, 
and  bid* the  world  draw  near, 

How  will  the  guilty  nations  dread 
to  fee  their  Judge  appear. 

In  tliis  and  the 'two  following  pfalms,  tlie  firrr  comin?  rf  C/iri.f 
into  the  world,  is  reprefcnied  in  a  prophetic  ity lo,  as  though  he 
Here  coming  the  fecond  time  to  the  Lift  judgement  ;  but  that 
(hriji's  hh carnation,  hisfetting  up  his  gofpei-k ingddtn  to  judge  or 
rule  the  Gentiles,  and  the  Judgment  and  ieitrudion  of  tin 
idols,  is  the  true  defign  of  thefe  three  plains,  is  evident  from  fe 
rural  expreffions  in  them;  and  particularly  oecaufe  the  earth,  the 
.fields,  t'e  fte,  Sec.  are  called  to  rejoice  ;  whereas  the  final  judg- 
ment of  the  world  is  reprefertted  dreadful  to  all  nature,  and  to  the 
nations  of  the  earth. See  Rsv.  xvii.  and  ^ii.xx.  11.  and  2.Pet.\x.\Y\ 

7,  10,  Yet  lince  the  lajt  coming  has  fomething  in  it  parallel  to 
his  firji,  1  have  in  the  different  parts  of  the  pfalms  referred  to 
Lboth. 

Stanza   4.    Mountains   finking,  and  vslleys   riling,   i..   e. 
nmbled,  and  the  humble    railed,  arc  1.. 
kingdom,  Lule  lii.  4,  5* 


Psalm     xcvi.  xcvii.  197 

Psalm    XCVI.  as  M*  113/A  Pftlm.  ' 

The  Cod  of  the  Gentiles. 

1.  T      E  T  all  the  earth  tlieir  voices  raiie 

j   To  dig  the  choiceii   pfalm  of  praife, 

To  ling  and  blefs  Jehovah'*  name  1 
His  glory  let  the  Heathens  know,, 
His  wonders  to  the  nations  (how, 

And  all  his  laving  works  proclaims 

2.  The  heathens  know, thy  glory,  Lord; 
The  wond'ring  nations  read  thy  word. 

In  Britain  is  Jehovah  known  : 
Our  wouiiip  dial!  no  more  be  paid 
To  gods  which  mortal  hands  have  made  -T 

Our  Maker  is  our  God  alone, 

3.  He  fram'd  the  globe,  he  built  the  iky,. 
He  made  the  fhining  worlds  on  high  ; 

And  reigns  complete  in  glory  there  \ 
His  beams  are  majelly  and  light  : 
His  beauties  how  divinely  bright ! 

His  temple  how  divinely  fair  L 

4.  Come  the  great  day,   the  glorious  hour,. 
When  earth  mail  feel  his  diving  pow'r, 

And  bai  b'rous  nations  fear  his  name  ! 
Then  mall  the  race  of  man  con f eft 
The  beauty  of  his  holinefs,- 

And  in  his  courts  his  grace  proclaim. 

Psalm  XCXVII.    1—5.  Fir ft Part. 

thrift  reigning  in  Heaven,  and   coming  to    Judg- 
ment. 
r.T  TE  reigns ;  the  Lord, the  Saviour  reigns  y 

[  J.  Pfaife  hi  n  in  evangelic  (trains  : 
Let  the  whole  eartli  in  longs  rejoice, 
And  diitant  iilands  join  their  voice.. 
T  3 


j$8  Psalm     xcvii. 

2.  Deep  are  his  counfels  and  unknown  ; 
But  grace  and  truth   fupport  hio  throne  : 
Tho'  gloomy  clouds  his  ways  fin  round, 
Juilice  is  their  eternal  ground. 

3.  In  robes  of  judgment,  lo  F  he  comes, 
Shakes  the  wide  earth,  and  cleaves  the  tombs  > 
Before  him  burns  devouring  fire, 

The  mountains  melt,  the  feas  retire. 

4.  His  enemies  with  fore  difmay 

Fly  from  the  fight,  and  fhun  the  day  ; 
Then  lift  your  heads,  ye  faints,  on  high, 
And  fing,  for  your  redemption's  nigh. 

Tho*  the  kingdom  of  Clr.iji  in  the  two  firft  flam*'*  be  matter 
of  joy  ioall  na  ionv,  yet  his  coming  to  judgment  in  the  two  laftr 
is  j'>y  only  to  the  faints.  As  this  pfalm  introduce,  Zion  and- 
Judah  rejoicing,  v.  8.  foChr-Jt  bids  hb  apoitles  lift  up  their  headir 
&c.  Luke  xxi.  18. 

Psalm     XCVII.     6—9.  Setond  P*rt. 

Ch  rift's   hi  carnation. 

i.n^HE  Lord  is  come,  the  Heav'ns  proclaim* 
His  birth  ;  the  nations  learn  his  name  r 
An  unknown  itar  directs  the  road 
Of  E afterrt  fages  to  their  God. 

2.  All  ve  bright  armies   of  the  fkies, 
Go,  worihip  where  the    Saviour  lies  : 
An g els  a.id  kings  before  him  bow, 
Thofe  gods  on  high,  and  gods  below* 

3.  Let  idols  totter  to  the  ground, 
And  their  own  worfhipers  confound  ; 
But   Judah  ihout,  bur  2J$&  fing, 

And  earth  confefs  her  fov'reign  king. 

This  pfalm  foretcls  the  i'.carration  of   C:rili.     For   the  words  of 

the  7  ih  verfe,    ivorjlip  him  all    ye  gods,  are  tranllatcd,  Htb.\.    6. 

Ltt  all  the  angeli  ef    1  f  him*     By  this  jivine   hint  I  was 

id  to  in: rod  j  cc  the  Jtar  that  fhone 

rth,    Jia  part  of  the  proclamation  of  him  io  the  Heaven?, 

v.  6.  See  more,  note:  enpfahn  xcv,  com.  met, 


P  s   a    L   M      xcvii.  199 

P  s  a  l  M      XCVII.      Third  Par/. 

Grace  and  Glory. 

I.^T^H'  Almighty  reigns  exalted  high 

£       O'er  all  the  earth,  o'er  all  the  iky  ; 
Tho'  clouds  and  durknefs  vail  his  feet, 
His  dwelling  is  the  mercy   feat. 

2.  O  ye  that  love  his  holy  name, 
Hate  ev'ry  work  of  (in  a  id  (hame  : 
He  guards  the  ibuls  of   ail  his  friends, 
And  from  the  fnares  of  hell  defends, 

3.  Immortal  light  and  joys  unknown 
Are  for  the  faints  in  daiknefs  town  ; 
Thofe  glorious  ieeds  (hall  (pring  and  rife^ 
And  the  bright  harveit  blefs  our  eyes, 

4.  Rejoice,  ye  righteous  and  record 
The   facred  honours  of  the  Lord  : 
None  but  the  foul  that  feels  his  grace 
Can  triumph  in  his  holinefs. 


Psalm   XCVII.   1,3,  5—7,   11.     Com.  Met, 

drift9!  lji  carnation  and  the   La  ft  'judgment, 

1.  XTE  illands  of  the  Northern  fea 

I         rejoice,  the  Saviour  reigns  ; 
His  word  like  fire  prepares  his   way, 
and   mountains  melt  to  plains. 

2.  His  pretence  finks  the  proudelt  hills, 
and  makes  the  vailies  rife  ; 

The  humble  foul  enjoys  his  fmiles, 
the  haughty  (inner  dies. 

3.  The  Heav'ns  his  rightful  pow'r  proclaim  | 
the  idol-gods  around 

Fill  their  awn   wor  (hip  pert  with  fiiame, 
and  totter  to  the  gi  oaua, 


200  Psalm     xcvii,  xcviiL 

4.  Adoring  angels   at  his  birth 
make  the  Redeemer  known  ; 

Thus  (hall  he  come  to  judge  the  earth, 
and  angels  guard  his  throne. 

5.  His  foes  mall  tremble  at  his  fight, 
and  hills  and  feas  retire  : 

His  children  take  their  unknown  flight, 
aiid  leave  the  world   on  fire. 

6.  The  feeds  of  joy  and  glory  (own 
for  faints  in  darknefs  here, 

Shall  rife    and  fpring  in  worlds  unknown, 
and  a  rich  hai  veil  bear. 

See  the  notes  oa  pfalm  xcvi. 

Psalm      XCVI  II.   Firfc  Part. 
Praife  for  the  GofpeL 

1.  '   &  yO  our  Almighty  Maker  God, 

JL        new  honours  be  addreit  j 
His  great  falvation  mines  abroad, 
and  makes  the  nations  bleit. 

2.  He  fpake  the  word  to  Abrahavi  firft,, 
his  truth  fulfils  the  grace  : 

The  Gentiles  make  his  name  their  trull, 
and  learn  his  righteoufnefs. 

3.  Let  the  whole  earth  his  love  proclaim 
with  all  her  different  tongue^  ; 

And  ipread  the  honours  of  his  name 
in  melody  and  fongs. 

In  rhefctwo  hymns  which  I  have  formed  out  of  the  98th  Pfal  m 
1  hr  c  fully  expnJVd  what  I  eihcn  to  be  c  ie  ief  fenfe 

oft  e  holy  fcriprtxres,  boiii  in  this  and  the-  9  6th  P/alm,  uhofe  con- 
c.'ufions  are  both  alike. 


•J 


P    s    A    l    m     XCVDI.  Second  tart. 
The  MeffiUh'j  Coming  and  Kingdom. 
OY  to  the  world  ,     the  Lord  h  come  ; 
let  earth  receive  her  king  y 


P  s  a  l  m      xcviii,  xcix«  20  x 

Let  ev'ry  heart  prepare  him  room, 
and  heav  n  and  nature  ling'. 

2.  Joy  to  the  earth,  the  Saviour  reigns  \ 
let  men  their  fangs  employ  ; 

While  fields  and  floods,  rocks,  hills,  and  plains, 
repeat  the  founding  joy. 

3.  No  more  let  fins  and  forrows  grow, 
nor  thorns  infeft  the  ground  : 

He  comes  to  make  his  bleflings  flow 
far  as  the  curie  is  found. 

4.  He  rules  the  world  with  truth  and  grace, 
and  makes  the  n  itions  prove 

The  glories  of  his  right  eoufneis, 

and  wonders  of  his  love. 

Psalm     XCIX.      Ftrft  Par*. 
Chrift'j   Kingdom   and  Maj 

1 .  r  1  ^  K  E  God  Jehovah  reigns, 

JL      let  all  the  nations  fear, 
Let  (timers  tremble  at  his  throne, 
and  faints  be  humble  there. 

2.  Jffus  the  Saviour  reigns, 
let  earth  adore  its  Lord  ; 

Bright  cherubs  his  attendants  Hand, 
fwift  to  fulfil  his  word. 

;.   In  Zipn  is  his  throne, 
his  honours  are  divine  ; 
His  church  (hall  make  his  wonders  LnoWD; 
for  there  his  glories  (hine. 

4.  How  holy  is  his  name  ! 
how  terrible  his  praife  ! 
Jufttce  and  truth  and  judgment  join 
in  all  his  works  of  grace. 


i 


E 


202  P    S    A     L    M       XClXj  C. 

Ab   the   ibree   foregoing  tr  to   the    incarnation  of 

(hrijl,  and  i:  •  Of  ntiles,  becauTe 

l  Pfalra 

I  ..:    and   JL.cTCnoc     \n  Go<l;    .. 

th-   ycv...  God  durcllm*.   in  the  ark  between  il  i 

0]  Gentile i  are    bid   te    tremble:   l'et    I    hivt 
ene  a  tittk  dowa  to  Chrijiian   tinci   an< 
and  I  hope  without  offence.  , 

Psalm       XCIX.     Second  Fart. 

A  holy  Gudtvorfhipped  with  Reverence. 

J  X  \LF  the  Lord  our  Go4, 
_^_j      and  worfhip  at  his  feet  ; 
His  nature  is  all  holinefs, 
and  mercy  is  his  feat. 

2.  When  7/rV/was  his  church, 
when  Aaron  was  hi*  prieft, 

When  Mofes  cry'd,  when  Sa?/)ue/  \n\iy\], 
he  gave  ins  people  relt. 

3.  Oft  he  forpave  their  (ins, 
nor  would  deftrov  their  race  ; 

And  uft  he  made  his  vengeance  known, 
when  they  abus'd  his  g'ace. 

4.  Exalt  the  Lord  our  God, 
whole  grace  is  /till  the  fame  ; 

Still  lie's  a  God  of  holinefs, 
and  jealous  for  his  name. 


Psalm     C.    Firlt  Metre,  a  p. am  Tran/latton 

Praife  to  eur  Creator. 

I.-\TE  nations  round  the  earth,  rejoice 

\      Before  the  Lord,  your  fov'i  eign  king  : 
^jgA-ve  him  with  chearful  heart  and  voice, 
With  all  your  tongues  his  glory  fing. 

■2.   The  Lord  is  God  :    '  lis  he  alone 
Doth  life  and  breath  and  being  give*: 


P    S    A     L    M       C.  20  3 

We  are  Ti is  work,  and  net  our  own  ; 

The  iheep  that  on  his  paiturc  live. 

^.   Enter  J 1 1 ->  gales  with  longs  of joy, 
With  praifes  to  his  courts  repair  j 
And  make-  i;  your  cii\  j  11c  employ, 
To  pay  >om  thanks  and  honours  there. 

4.   The  Lord  is  good,  the  Lord  is  kind  ; 
Great  is  his  grace,    his  mercy  lure  ; 
An,,  the  whole  race  01  man  mall  End 
His  truth  from  a«e  to  a-e  endure. 

Psalm     C.    Second  Metre,    a  Parcphraf:. 

1.  CJING  to  the  Lord  with  joyful  voice  ; 
k3   Let  ev'ry  land  his  name  adore  5 

The  Brittjh  illes  (hall  lend  the  noiie 
A-crofs  t  :e  ocean  to  the  fhore. 

2.  Nation?,  attend  before  his  throne 
With  folemn  fear,  with  facred  joy  ; 
Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  alone  ; 
He  can  create,  and  he  deitroy. 

3.  H.s  fovYeign  pow'r  without  our  aid 
Made  us  of  clay,  and  form'd  us  men  : 

And  when  like  wand'ring  lheep  we  itray'd, 
He  brought  us  to  his  fold  again. 

4.  'Ye  are  his  people,  we  his  care, 
Our  fouls  and  all  our  mortal  frame  : 
What  laltino  honours  (hall  we  rear, 
Almighty  Maker,  to  thy  name  r 

5.  We'll  croud  thy  gates  with  thankful  fongs, 
High  as  the  Heav'ns  our  voices  raife  ; 
And  earth  with  her  ten  thoufand  tongues 
Shall  fill  thy  courts  witli  founding  praife. 

6.  Wide  as  the  world  is  thy  command, 
Vaft  as  eternity  thy  love  j 


204  Psalm     c,   cii. 

Firm  as  a  rtfelc  thy  truth  mult  Hand, 
When  rolling  years  iiin.ll  ceafe  to  move. 

P  s  a  l  m   CI.     Long  Metre. 
The  Magi jl rates  P faint, 

i.  T^   iTERCY  and  judgment  are  my  Cong  ; 
Ly\     \i\(\  fince  they  both  to  the  belong 
Mv  grslciaus  God  my  righteous  king, 

To  thee  iii v   longs  and  vows  I  bring-. 

2.   If  I  am  rais'd  to  bear  the  fwoid, 
I'll  take  my  counfeb  from  thy  word  ; 
Thv  inftice  and  thy  heav'nly  grace 
Shall  be  the  pattern  of  my  ways. 

q.  Let  wifdom  all  my  actions  ouide, 
And  let  m*  God  with  me  refide ; 
No  wicked  thing  fliall  dwell  with  me, 
Which  may  provoke  thy  jealoufy. 

4.  No  Tons  of  flauder,  rage  and  ltrife, 
S-;all  be  companions  of  my  life  ; 
The  haughty  look,  tiie  heart  of  pride, 
Within  my  doors  mail  ne'er  abide. 

5.  [I'll  fearch  the  land,  and  raife  the  juft 
To  pofts  of  honour,  wealth  and  trull  : 
The  men  tnat  work  thv  holy  will, 

Shall  be  my  friend  and  fav 'rites  Hill.] 

6.  In  vain  fliall  finners  hope  to  rife 
By  flattering  or  malicious  lies ; 
.And  while  the  innocent  I  guard, 
The  bold  offender  (han't  be  fpar'd. 

7.  The  impious  crewT  (that  factious  band) 
Shall  hide  their  heads,  or  quit  the  land  ; 
And  all  that  break  the  public  reft, 
Where  I  have  pow'r  fliall  be  fuppieft. 


Psalm       oi.  20  f 

The  1  ft  Stanza  repiefents  the  mercy    and  judgment    which    the 
I  ling?,  is    the  due  qualifies  of  good  government,  i 
the  proper    fenfc   of  them  in    1 1:  s    Pfaim    and  acco  ding    to    the 
double  characrer  of  David    in  this  PO.in\  I  have    applied   I 
Metre  to  Magiitratei,  tl  c  fecood  to  houfe  holders. 

The  >th  Stanza  caw  te  fung  only  by  the  fupcrior    rank    of  Mj« 
©icrates,  and  not  the  inferior. 


Psalm     CI.     Common    Metre. 
A  Pfalm  for  a  Maflcr  of  a  Famify. 

1.  /^VF  jullice  and  of  grace  I  fing, 
\^J      and  pay  my  God  ray  vows; 

Thy  grace  and  jultice,  heav'nly  king 
teach  me  to  rule  my  houfe. 

2.  Now  to  my  tent,  O  God,  repair, 
and  make  thy  fervant  wile  ; 

I'll  iuffer  nothing  near  me    there 
that  (hall  often  d  thine  eyes. 

3.  The  man  that  doth  his  neighbour  wrong 
by  falfhood  or  by  force  ; 

The  fcornful  eye,   the  iland'rous  tongue, 
I'll  thrult  them  from  my  doors. 

4.  Tllfeek  the  faithful,  and  the  jufl 
and  will  their  help  enjoy; 

Thefe  are  the  friends  that  I  fhall  truft, 
the  fervants  I'll  employ. 

5.  The  wretch,  that  deals  in  fly  deceit, 
I'll  not  endure  a  night  ; 

The  Iyer's  tongue  I  ever  hate, 
and  banifh  from  my  fight. 

6.  I'll  purge  my  family  around, 
and  make  the  wicked  flee  ; 

So  fhall  my  houfe  be  ever  found 
a  dwelling  tit  for  thee. 
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20 5  P  s   \  :  cii. 

Psalm  CfJ.    i 13,   20,  2T.   Firfl  Pari 

A 'Prayer  of  the  Ajfiicled. 

EAR  me,  O  God,  nor  hide  thy  face, 
hut  anfwer  lefl  I  die ; 
Haft  thou  not  built  a  throne  of  grace 
to  hear  when  finuers  cry  ? 

2.  M\r  days  are  wafted  like  the  fmoke 
diflblving  in  the  air  ; 

My  ftrength  is  dry'd,  my  heart  is  broke, 
and  (inking  in  defpair. 

3.  My  (pints  flag  like  withering  graft, 
burnt  with  exceflive  heat : 

In  fecret  groans  my  minutes  pafs, 
and  I  forget  to  eat. 

4.  As  on  fome  lonely  building's  top 
the  fparrow  tells  her  moan, 

Far  from  the  tents  of  joy  and  hope 
I  fit  and  grieve  alone. 

5.  My  foul  is  like  a  wildernefs, 
where  beads  of  midnight  howl ; 

There  the  fad  raven  finds  her  placer 
and  there  the  fcreaming  owl. 

6.  Dark  difiual  thoughts  and  boding  fears 
dwell  in  my  troubled  bread  ; 

While  (harp  reproaches  wound  my  ears, 
nor  grve  my  fpirit  reft. 

7.  My  cup  is  mingled  with  my  woes, 
and  tears  are  my  repaft  ; 

My  daily  bread  like  afties  grows 
unpleafimt  to  my  talle. 

8.  Senfe  can  afford  no  real  joy, 
to  fouls  that  feel  thy  frown  : 

Lord,  'twas  thy  hand  advane'd  me  higb, 
ihy  hand  hath  call  me  down. 


P   s   a    :.    ?!      en.  :'  7 

uhcr'cl  leaves  appear, 
and  life ' 
Grow  favtt  as  ev>mng  are, 

thatvauiih  into  night. 

io.   But  thou   -forever  art  the  fame, 

O  my  eternal  G 
Agei  to  c< 

ii.   Thou  wij  w  thy  iV.ce, 

nor  will  my  Lord  delay 
Beyond  th'  appointed  hour  of  grace, 

that  long  expected  day. 

12.   He  hears  his  faints,  lie  knows*  their  cry, 

and  by  myftericus  ways 
Redeems  the  prif  'ners  doom'd  to  die, 

and  fills  their  tongues  with  praife. 

»■  ■  ■■..<»■.  .  m 

Psalm    CII.    13 21.    Second  Part, 

Prayer  heard,  and  Xhn  Reftored. 
E  T  Zion  and  her  fons  rejoice, 


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behold  the  promis'd   hour  : 
Her  God  hath  heard  her  mourning  voice, 
and  comes  t*  exalt  his  pow'r. 

2.  Her  dud  and  ruins  that  remain 
are  precious  in  our  eyes  ; 

Thofe  ruins  mall  be  built  again, 
and  all  that  duft  (hall  rife. 

3.  The  Lord  will  raife  Jerufalem, 
and  irand  in  glory  there  ; 

Nations  mail  bow  before  his  name,  * 
and  Kings  attend  with  fear. 

4.  He  fits  a  fov'reiojn  on  his  throne, 
with  phy  in  his  eyes  ; 

'U    2 


2oS  P   S   A    L    m      cii. 

He  hears  the  dying;  prif 'ners  groan, 
and  lees  their  fighs  arife. 

5.  He  frees  the  fouls  condemned  to  death, 
and  when  his  faints  complain, 

It  (han't  he  faid,  u  that  praying  breath 
"  was  erer  fpent  in  vain.,, 

6.  This  (hall  be  known  when  we  are  dead, 
and  left  on  long  record, 

That  ages  yet  unborn  may  read, 
and  trull,    and  praife  the  Lord. 

Psalm     CII.  23—28.     Third  Part. 

Mau9s  mortality,  and  Cfyrift's  eternity  ;  or,  faints 

die,  but  Chtifl  and  the  Church  live. 


T 


Weakens  our  flrength  amidft  the  race  ; 
Difeafe  and  death  at  his  command 
Arreft  us,  and  cut  fhort  our  days. 

2.  Spare  us,    O  Lord,  aloud  we  pray, 
Nor  let  our  fon  go  down  at  nocn  ; 
Thy  years  are  one  eternal  day, 

And  mult  thy  children  die  Co  foon  ? 

3.  Yet  in  the  midil  of  death  and  grief 
This  thought  our  (brrow  (hall  afluage  : 
"  Our  Father  and  our  Saviour  live  ; 

11  Chriit  is  the  fame  thro*  ev'ry  age. 

4.  Twas  he  this  earth's  foundation   laid  ; 
Heav'n  is  the  building  of  his  hand  j 

This  earth  grows  old,  thefe  heav'ns  mall  fade, 
And  a'l  be  chang'd  at  his  command. 

5.  The  Harry  curtains   of   the  iky 
Like  garments  ihall  belaid  alide  : 

But  ftnl  thy  throne  Hands  firm  and  high  ; 
Thy  church  for  ever  mult  abide. 


Psalm     cii,  cii*.  509 

6.   Before  thy  face  thy  church  (hall    Vive, 
And  on  thy    tin  one  thy  children  reign  ; 
This  dying  world  (hall  fchev  furvive, 
And  the  dead  faints  be  rais'd  again. 

Psalm    CII  I.  1  —  7.   firji  P.irt.  Long  metie. 

BleJJir.g  God  for    his  goodnef  to  feu  I  and  body. 

I.j^LESS,   O  my  foul,  the  living  God, 

\j  Call  liome  th\  thoughts  that  rove  abroad, 
Let  ail  the  poweis  within  me  join 
In  work  and  worfhip  lb  diviue. 

2.  Blefs,  O  my  foul,  the  God  of  grace  ; 
His  iavous  claim  thy  higheil  praile, 
Why  ihoaid  the  wonders  he  hath  wrought 
Be  loft  in  iilence,  and  forgot  I 

3.  'Tis  he,  my  foul,  that  fent  his  Son 
To  die  for  crimes  which  thou  halt. done  ; 
He  c  wns  the  ran  lorn,  and  forgives 

The  hourly  follies  of  our  lives, 

4.  The  vices  of  the  mind  he  heals, 
And  cures  the  pains  that  nature  reels, 
Redeems  the  ioui  tiom  hell,  and  favts 
Our  waiting  life  from  threatening  graves. 

5.  Our  youth  decayed  bis   pov/r  repaiis  y 
His  mercy  crowns  our  growing  vc-ars  : 
lielatisries  our  mouth  with  good, 

Aiid  tills  our  hoped  withheav'nh  food. 

6.  He  lees  th'  oppreffor  and  th'  op^rtftj 
And  often  gives  the  fuff'iers  iea  ; 

But  will  his  juitice  more  ciilj  lay 
In  the  lafl  gieat  reward  ng  das '. 

7-   [His  pow'r  he  fhew'd  by  Mofts'  hands, 
And  gave  to  7/rV/his  commands  ; 
U  3 


2io  Psalm     cii*. 

But  Cent  his  truth  and  mercy  down 
To  all  the  nations  by  his  Son. 

8.   Let  the  whole  earth  his  pow'r  confefs,      ' 
Let  the  whole  earth  adore  his  grace  : 
The  Gentile  with  the  Jew  (hall    join 
|Q  work  and  worihip  fo  divine. "] 

Psalm  CIIL    8—18.   Second  Part.  Long  Metre, 

Cod1  s  gentle  Chaflifement ;  or,    /;/'/  tender  Mercy 
to  his  People. 

1  •  r  a  >HE  Lord,  how  wond'rous  are  his  ways  ! 
I       How  firm  his  truth  \    how    large   hi: 

[grace  i 
He  takes  his  mercy  for  his  throne, 
And  thence  he  makes  his  glories  known 

2.  N.it  half  fo  high  his  pow'r  hath  lpreacl 
Ti  e  (tarry  heav'ns  above  our  head, 
As  his  rich  love  exceeds  our  praile, 
Exceeds  the  higheit  hopes  we  raiie. 

5.  Not  half  fo  far  hath  nature  plac'd 
The  riling  morning  from  the  well, 
As  his  forgiving  grace  removes 
The  daily  guilt  of  thofe  he  loves, 

4    How  flowly  doth  his  wrarh  arife  I 
On  fwifter  wings  fulvatinn  flies  : 
And  if  he  1   's  his  a^nger  burn, 
Hovv  focn  his  frowns  to  pity  turn  ! 

5.  Ami'dlt  his  writh  com  pillion  mines  ; 
Jiis  ftrokes  are  lighter  than  our  (ins  ; 
And  wliile  his  rod  corrects  his  faints, 
His  ear  indulges  their  complaints. 

6.  S>  fathers  their  yonng  fons  chaftiic 
With  gentle  haacW^ud  welting  eyes? 


I 


Psalm     cii'.  in 

The  children  weep  beneath  the  fmart, 
And  move  the  pity  of  the  ir  heart. 

P    A    U    S    F. 

7.  The  mighty  God,  the  wife  and  juft, 
Knows  that  cur  frame  is  ieeble  dult  : 
And  will  no  heavy  loads  impoie     , 
Beyond  the  (trcngth  that  he  bellows. 

8.  He  knows  how  foon  onr  nature  dies, 
Blaited  by  ev'iy  wind  that  flies  : 

Like  grais  we  ipring  and  die  as  ioon, 
Or  morning  fiow'rs  that  fade  at  noon. 

9.  But  his  eternal  love  is  fure 

To  ail  the  faints,  and  (hall  endure  . 
From  age  to  age  his  truth  ihall  reign 
Nor  childrens  children  hope  in  vain. 

Psalm  CIII.  1  —  7.  Firft  Fart.  Short  Metre. 
Fraifc  for  fpintual  and  temporal  Mercies, 
*/^V    Bleisthe  Lord,  my  foul  ! 
\^S      let  all  within  i^e  join, 

And  aid  my  tongue  to  blels  his  name, 
wbofe  fayours  are  divine. 

2.  O  blefs  the  Lord,  my  foul  5 
nor  let  hismercie^  li« 

Forgotten  in  uuthank/cnefs  9 
and  without  praifes  die, 

3.  'Tis  he  forgives  thv  fins,    • 
'tis  he  lelieve:  t    y  paj 

*Tis  he  that  heals  thy  fiekn  8k§9 
and  makes  tl 

4.  He  ci owns  thy  life  with  love, 
when  1  a'i{f  e  ; 

He  1  hat  redeen    j  ucll 

hath  iov'rcign  pow'ar  ig  &i 


2T2  Psalm     ciii. 

5.   He  fills  the  poor  with  good  ; 
he  gives  the  fufl'rGrs  veil  ; 
The  Lord  hath    judgments  tor  the  proud, 
and  jultice  for  thr  oppreft. 

.  6.   His  woml'rous  works  and  ways 

he  made  by  Mofes  known  ; 
But  fent  the  world  his  truth  and  grace 
by  his  beloved  Son. 

Psalm  CIII.  8— 18.  Second  Fart.  Short  Metre* 

Abounding  Companion  of Cod ' ;   or,    Mercy  in   tbt 
widJI  of  Judgment. 

I.Ti  M  Y  (bul,  repeat  his  praife, 
iVX      whole  mercies  are  fo  great  5 
Whofe  anger  is  Co  flow  to  rife, 
fo  ready  to  abate, 

2.  God  will  not  always  chide  ; 
and  when  his  iirokes  are  felt, 

His  ftrokes  are  fewer  than  enr  crimes,, 
and  lighter  than  our  guilt. 

3.  High  as  the  hcav'ns  are  rais'd 
above  the  ground  we  tread, 

So  far  the  riches  of  his  once 
our  highelt  thoughts  exceed* 

4.  His  pow  rr  fubdues  our  fins,, 
and  his  forgiving  love 

Far  as  the  Eatl  is  fi  om  the   lVeft> 
doth  all  our  guilt  remove. 

j.   The  pity  of  the  Lord 
to  thole  that  fear  his  name, 
Is  fuch  as  tenderparents  feel; 
he  knows  our  feeble  frame. 


6.    He  kno  vs  we  are  but  dulty 
icatttr'd  with  ev'iy  breath  : 


P  s  a  L  M     cii,  ciii,  civ.  £13 

His  anger  like  a  riling  wind 
can  lend  us  fwift  to  death. 

7.  Our  days  are  as  the  grafs, 
or  like  the  morning  flow'r; 

If  one  ftiarp  blaft  fweep  o'er  the  field, 
it  withers  in  an  hour. 

8.  But  thy  companion,  Lord, 
to  endlefs  years  endure  ; 

And  childrens  children  ever  find 
thy  words  of  promife  Aire. 


Psalm  CIII.  19.— 22.  Third  Part.  ShortMetre 

God's  univ erf al  Dominion  ;  or,    Angels  praife  the 

Lord. 

1.  rTT^HE  Lord,  the  fov'reigu  king, 

1       hath  fix'd  his  throne  on  high  ; 
O'er  all  the  heav'niy  world  he  rules, 
and  all  beneath  the  iky. 

2.  Ye  angels,  great  in  might, 
and  fwift  *o  do  his  will, 

Blefs  ye  the  Lord,  whole  voice  ye  hear, 
whole  pleaiure  ye  fulfil. 

3.  Let  the  bright  hofls  who  wait 
the  orders  of  their  king, 

And  guard  his  churches  when  they  pray, 
join  in  the  praife  they  ling. 

4.  While  all  his  wond'rous  works 
thro'  his  valt  kingdoms  Ihew 

Their  maker's  glory,  thou,  my  foul, 
(halt  fine  his  graces  loo. 

Psalm      CIV. 
The  Glory  of  God  in  Creation  and  Providence* 

I«  T^  /|  Y  foul,   thv  grent  c  reator  praife  ; 
XVi  When  cloth'd  in  his  celeilial  rays 


214  I     S    A    I    M    CIV.  v 

He  in  full  Majefty  appears, 

And  like  a  robe,    his  glory  wears. 

Nete,  Thi    ;  to  the 

i*7th  Pfalro,  by  adding  th<  namely, 

■  :  is  tht  L  trd 
An 
Otbcrwa  is.the  100th  I 

2.   The  heav'ns  are  for  his  curtains  fpread, 
Tli'  unfathom'd  deep  he  makes  his  bed  : 
Clouds  are  his  chariv;,   when  he  HI 
On  winged  dorms  a-crois  the  'Lie  s. 

:.    Angels,  wham  his  own  breath  infpires, 
His  mi  aiders,  are  flaming  fires  ; 
And  fwift  as  thought  their  armies  move, 
To  bear  his  vengeance  or  his  love. 

4.  The  world's  foundations  by  his  hand 
Are  pcis'd,   and  (hall  forever  fland  ; 
He  binds  the  ocean  in  his  chain, 

Left  it  fhould  drown  the  earth  again. 

5.  When  earth  was  cover'd  with  the  flood^ 
Which  high  above  the  mountains  flood, 
He  thunder' d  ;   and  the  ocean  fled, 
Confin'd  10  its  appointed  bed. 

6.  The  (welling  billows  know  their  bound, 
And  in  their  channels  walk  their  round  ; 
Yet  thence  convey'd  by  fecret  veins, 

They  fpring  on  hills,  and   drench  the  plains, 

7.  He  bids  the  crvftal  fountains  flow, 
Andchear  the  vailies  as  thev  go  ; 
Tame  heifers  there  their  third  allay, 
And  for  the  dream  wild  affes  bray. 

8.  From  pleafant  trees,  which  made  the  brink, 
The  lark  and  linnet  light  to  drink  ; 

Their  (bugs  the  lark  and  linnet  raife, 
And  chide  our  fileuce  in  his  praife* 


I'    S    A     L    M       CJV.  21$ 

Pause     the  Firft, 

9.  G<ul  from  his  clou  civ  ciflern,  pours 
On  the  parch 'd  earth  enriching  (Lowers : 
The  grove,   th  n,  and  the  field, 

A  thousand  Joyful  bleffings  yield. 

10.  He  makes  the  grafly  fpod  aiife, 
And  give;  *  fe  lai  ge  ibpplies  ; 

v\  irh  herbs  lor  man  of  various  pow'ij 

To  nouiih  nature,  or  to  cure. 

1 1.  What  noble  fruits  the  vines  prodr.ee  ! 
The  olive  yields  a  ihining  juice  j 

Our  heaits  are  chear'd  svith  gen'roas  wine, 
With  inward  joy  our  faces  (bine. 

12.  O  blefs  his  name,   ye  Brttotn,   fed 
With  nature's  chief  fop  porter,  bread  : 
While  bread  your  vital  ftrength  imparts, 
Serve  him  with  vigour  in  vour  heaits. 

P   a    0    s    e     the  Second. 

i:.  Behold  the  flately  cedar  {lands 
Raib'd  in  the  foretl  by  his  hands  : 
Birds  to  the  boughs  for  (belter  fly, 
And  build  their  ueltsiecure  on  high. 

14.  To  cragoy  hills  afcends  the  goat  ; 
And  at  the  airy  mountain's  foot 

The  feebler  creatures  make  their  cell  ; 
He  gives  them  wifdom  where  to  dwell. 

15.  He  fets  the  fun  his  circling  race, 
Appoints  the  rnoon  to  change  her  face  ; 
And  when  thick  daiknefs  veils  the  day, 
Calls  out  wild  beaits  to  hunt  their  prey* 

16.  Fierce  lions  lead  their  young  abroad 
And  roaring  afk  their  meat  from  God  ; 
But  when  the  morning  beams  arjie, 
The  favage  bead  to  covert  flies. 


216  Psalm     civ. 

17.  Then  man  to  daily  labour  rroes  ; 
The  rn^rht  was  made  for  his  repofe  ; 
Sleep  is  thy  gift  ;    that  fneet  relief 
From  tirefome  toil  and  wafting  grief. 

1 8 .  How  ftran  ere  thy  works  !  how  great  thy  fkill ! 
And  ev'ry  land  thy  riches  fill : 

Thy  wifdom  round  the  world  we  fee, 
This  rpacions  earth  is  full  of  thee. 

19.  Nor  lefs  thy  glories  in  the  deep. 
Where  fifh  in  millions  fwim  and  creep, 
With  wond'rous  motions,   fwift  or  ilow, 
Still  wandVing  in  the  paths  below. 

20.  There  fhips  divide  their  wat'ry  way. 
And  flocks  of  fcaly  monfters  play  ; 
There  dwells  the  huge  Leviathan, 

And  foams  and  fports  in  fpight  of  man. 

Pause      the  Third. 
2T.    Vaft  are  thy  works,  Almighty  Lord, 
All  nature  reds  upon  thy  word, 
And  the  whole  race  of  creatures  ftand 
Waiting  their  portion  from  thv  hand. 

22.  While  each  receives  his  different  food, 
Their  chearful  looks  pronounce  it  good  ; 
Eagles  and  bears,  and  whales  and  worms, 
Rejoice  and  praife  in  different  forms- 

23.  But  when  thy  face  is  hid  they  mourn, 
And  dying  to  their  duft  return  ; 

Both  man  :»nd  beait  their  fou'ls  refign, 
Life,  breath  and  fpirit,  all  is  thine. 

24.  Yet  thou  can'lt  breathe  on  duft  again, 
And  fill  the  world  with  beads  and  men  ; 
A  word  of  thy  creating  breath, 

Repairs  the  waftes  of  time  and  death. 

25.  His  works,  the  wonders  of  his  might, 
Are  honour'd  with  his  own  delight ; 


Psalm     civ,  cr.  21 7 

How  awful  are  his  glorious  ways  ! 
The  Lord  is  dreadful  in  his  praife. 

26.  The  earth  Hands  trembling  at  thy  ftroke, 
And  at  thy  touch  the  mountains  fmoke  ; 

Yet  humble  fouls  may  fee  thy  face, 
And  tell  their  wants  to  fovVeign  grace. 

27.  In  thee  my  hopes  and  willies  meet, 
And  make  my  meditations  fweet  : 
Thy  praifes  (hall  my  breath  employ, 
'Till  it  expire  in  endlefs  joy. 

28.  While  haughty  fi  nners  die  accurft, 
Their  glory  buryed  with  the  dull, 

I  to  my  God,  my  heav'nly  king, 
Immortal  Hallelujahs  fing. 

Several  fines  in  this  Pfalm  I  have  borrowed  of  Sir  John  Denham  ; 
if  I  have  made  the  connection  more  evident,  and  the  fenfe  more 
c\fy  a.id  ufeful  to<an  ordinary  reader.  I  have  attained  my  end  ; 
and  leave  others  to  judge  whether  I  have  diihonoured  his  verfe, 
or  improved  it. 

Stanza  5.  Though  I  am  perfuaded  the  Pfilmift  fpeaks  here  of  the 
firjt  f$rm*tion  of  the  fea  and  mour.tr.im,  when  the  waters  of  the 
Chao>  were  fcparaied  from  the  earth,  yet  the  people  more  eafiljr 
under ltand  it  of  A"*<» k's  flood*  and  therefore  I  have  indulged  fuch 
a  paraphrase  as  is  capable  of  both  fer.fes. 

*     1*  s  a  l  m     CV.     Abridge  «\ 

Cod's  Conduit  to  Ifrael,  and  the  Plagues  of  Egypt. 

1.  y^  1  VE   thanks  to  God    invoke  his  name, 
V  _J      and  tell  the  world  his  grace  ; 

Sound  through  the  earth  his  deeds  of  fame, 
that  all  may  feek  his  face. 

2.  His  cov'nant  which  he  kept  in  mind 
for  num'rous  ages  pall, 

To  num'rous  ages  yet  behind, 
in  equal  force  lhall  lad. 

3.  He  fware  to  AbraKm  and  his  feed, 
and  made  the  Welling  fure : 

X 


218  P  s  a  l  M     cv. 

Gentiles  the  ancient  pronifc  read, 
and  find  his  truth  endure. 

4.  a  Thy  figed  (h  ill  make  all  nations  bled, 
(faid  the  Almighty  voice) 

&  And  Canaan's  land  fhall  be  t Tie  reft 
"  the  type  of  hcav'nly  joys." 

5.  [How  large  the  grant!   how  rich  the  grace 
to  give  thein  Canaan's  land, 

When  tliev  were  (hangers  in  the  place, 
a  little  feeble  band  i 

6.  Like  pilgrims  t'iro'  the  countries  round 
iecurely  tliey  remov'd  ; 

And  haughty  kings  that  on  them  frown'd, 
feverely  he  reprov'd. 

7.  u  Touch  mine  anointed,  and  my  arm 
"  (hall  foon  revenge  the  wrong  ; 

li  The  man  that  dots  my  prophets  harm, 
"  Shall  know  their  God  is  Jlrong." 

8.  Then  let  flie  world  forbear  its  rage, 
nor  put  the  church  in  fear: 

Jfr'el  molt  live  thro*  ev'ry  age, 
and  be  th1  Almighty's  care.] 

Pause  the  Kirft. 
o.   When  Pharaoh  dar'd  to  vex  the  faints,' 

and  thus  provok'd  their  God, 
Mofes  was  fent  art  their  complaints, 

arm'd  with  his  dreadful  rod. 

10.  He  calfd  for  darknefs,  darknefs  came 
like  an  o'erw helming  flood  : 

He  turnM  each  lake,  and  ev'ry  dream, 
to  lakes  and  11  reams  of  blood. 

11.  He  gave  the  fign,  and  noi(bm  flies 
thro*  the  whole  country  (pre ad  ; 

441  I  frogs,  in  croaking  armies  rife 
About  the  monarch's  bed. 


P   S     A     L    M        CV.  2IQ 

12.  Thro'  fields,   and  towns,   ?nc>  palaces, 

the  tenfold  vengeance  flew  ; 
-Locuil  in  (warms  devour*d  their  trees, 
and  bait  tlieir  cattle  flew, 

i;.  Then  by  an  angel's  midnight  iiroke, 

the  flow'r  of  Ejgpt  c!y\l  ; 
The  ftrencrth  of  ev'fy  houie  was  broke* 

their  glory  and  tlieir  pride. 

14.  Now  let  the  world  forbear  iti  rage, 

nor  put  the  church  in' fear  5 
Irtl  mud  live  thro'  ev'ry  age, 

and  be  th*  Almighty's  care. 

Pause     the  Second. 

1  5.  Thus  were  the  tribes  from  bondage  brought 

and  left  the  hated  p round  : 
Each  iome  Egyptian  fpoils  had  got, 

and  not  one  feeble  found. 

16.  The  Lord  himfelf  chofe  out  their  way, 
and  mark'd  their  journeys  right, 

Gave  them  a  leading  cloud  by  day, 
a  fiery  guide  by  night, 

17     They  thirft  ;   and  waters  from  the  rock 

in  rich  abundance  flow, 
And  following  (till  the  courfe  they  took, 

ran  ail  the  defart  thro* 

18.  O  wond'rous  itream  !  O  bleffed  type 
of  ever  flowing  grace  \ 

So  Chrifi  our  reck  maintains  our  life 
thro'  all  this  wildernefs. 

19.  Tims  guarded  bv  th'  Almighty  hand 
the  choferi  tribes  poiiefV 

Catiaan  the  rich,  the  promis'd  huid, 
and  ihere  enjoy  ?d  their  reil. 
X  2 


220  Psalm     cv,  cti. 

20.   Then  let  the  world  forbear  its  rage, 

the  church  renounce  her  fear  ; 
Jfr'el  mult  live  tliTO*  ev'ry  age, 

and  be  tlf  Almighty's  care. 

Psalm     CVI.   i 5.     Fir  J}  Part. 

Praife  to  Cod ;   or,   Communion  iuith  Saints. 

1.  fT~^0  God  the  great,  the  ever-bled, 

I       Let  Tongs  of  honour  he  addreil  : 
His  mercy  firm  for  ever  itands  j 
Give  him  the  thanks  his  love  demands. 

2.  Who  knows  the  wonders  of  thy  ways  ? 
Who  fhall  fulfil  thy  boundlefs  praife  \ 
Bieft  are  the  fouls  that  fear  tjiee  i\i\\ 
And  pay  their  duty  to  thy  will. 

3.  Remember  what  thy  mercy  did 
Tor  Jacobs  race,  thy  choien  iced  ; 
And  wit})  the  fame  falvation  blefs 
The  rneaneit  fuppliant  of  thy  grace, 

4.  O  may  I  fee  thy  tribes  rejoice, 

And  aid  their  triumphs  with  my  voice  ! 

This  is  my  glory,   Lord,   to  be 

Join'd  to  thy  faints,   and  near  to  thee. 

P  S  A  L  M  CVI.  Second  Part.  ver.  7,  8,  12.  — 14. 
45 43. 

Ifrael  pim'ijhed  and  pardon' d  ;  or,  Cod'j  unchange- 
able Love. 

1.  S^y  O  D,  of  eternal  love, 
V_J     how  fickle  are  our  ways  ! 

And  yet  hovv  ofr  did  Ifrel  prove 
thy  conitancy  of  grace. 

2.  They  faw  thy  wonders  wrought, 
and  then  thy  praife  they  fung  ; 


Psalm     cvi,  crii.  231 

But  loon  thy  works  of  pow'r  forgot, 
and  munnur'd  with  their  ton»ue. 

3.  Now  they  beiieve  his  \\  ord, 
while  rocks  with  ri\ers  fio.v  ; 

Now  with  tUtir  lulls  provoke  the  Lord, 
and  he  reduc'd  them  low. 

4.  Yet  when  they  mourn 'd  their  faults, 
he  heai  ktn&l  to  their  groans, 

Brought  his  own  cov'narit  to  his  thoughts, 
and  call'd  them  Mill  hi3  ions.   , 

5.  Their  names  were  in  his  book, 
he  favid  them  from  their  foes  ; 

Oft  lie  chaltis'd,   but  ne'er  foribok 
the  people  that  he  chofe. 

6.  Let  T/rV/bleis  the  Lord, 
who  lov'd  their  ancienc  race; 

And  Lhrij:la?js  join  the  folemn  word 
a772C7i  to  all  the  praiie. 

The  chief  rfefjgn  of  this  whole  pfa'm  I  hive  exprefTec  i  i  the  title, 
and  ab  ioged   t  in  tlvs  form,   havjag  e  m  re  op  this 

fume  fubjed  in  the  77th,  ;8:h,  2  d  I  .     j 

Tho*  the  Jews  ho\k   feem  10  be  caft  off,  yet  t   e  apoftle  P.:.vZ  ~f- 
fjres  us,  that  Gad  hath  not  cajt  vivay  his  te  p  z  1 
Ron:,  xi.  2«    Their  unbelief  and  abfeoce  f  oun  Go<i  is  but  for  a  lea  - 
iop,.  for  they  fnall  be  recalled  again;  v.  25.  26, 

P  s   a   l   if    CVIL     />/?  P*r/. 

Ifrael  hd  to  Canaan,-  ar.d  Ghrifliaiii  to  Heaven.. 

it    /^  IVE  thanks  to  God  ;   he  reigns  ab^ve, 
V  1    Kind  are  his  tho'ts,  bis  name  is  love  ; 
His  mercy  ages  pait  have  known, 
And  ages  long  to  come  mall  own. 

2.   Let  the  redeemed  of  th:  Lord 
The  wonders  of  his  grace  record  ; 
Jjr'el  the  nation  whom  he  chole 
And  rticu'd  from  their  might v  foes, 
X    2 


222  Psalm     cvii. 

3.  [When  God's  Almighty  arm  had  broke 
Their  fetters  and  ths  Egyptian  yoke, 
They  trac'd  the  defart,   wand'ring  round 
A  wild  and  folitary  ground. 

4.  There  they  could  find  no  leading  road. 
Nor  city  for  a  fix'd  abode  ; 

Nor  food,  nor  fountain  to  affuage 
Their  burning  thirft,  or  hunger's  rage.] 

5.  In  their  diftrefs  to  God  they  cry'd, 
God  vvas  their  Saviour  and  their  guide  ; 
He  led  their  inarch  far  wand'ring  round, 
'Twas  the  right  path  to  Canaan's  ground. 

6.  Tiius  when  our -firft  releafe  we  gain 
From  fin's  old  yoke,  and  Satan's  chain, 
We  have  this  defart  world  to  pais, 

A  dangerous  and  a  tirefome  place. 

7.  He  feeds  and  clothes  us  all  the  way, 
He  guides  our  footiteps  left  we  ltray, 
He  guards  us  with  a  powerful  hand, 
And  bring*  us  to  the  heav'nly  land. 

8.  O  let  the  faints  with  joy  record  ! 
The  truth  and  goodnefs  of  the  Lord  ! 
How  great  his  works  !   how  kind  his  ways  1 
Let  ev'ry  tongue  pronounce  his  praiie. 

Psalm    CV11.     Second  Part. 

Correction  for  Sin,  and  ReUafe  by  Prayer. 
I.   T^ROMage  to  age  exalt  his  name, 

J7     God  and  his  grace  are  itill  the  lame ; 
He  tills  the  hungry  foul  with  food, 
And  feeds  the  poor  with  ev'ry  good. 

a.    But  if  their  hearts  rebel  and  rift 
Agiind  the  God  that  rules  the  fkies, 
If  they  reject  his  beav'nly  word, 
And  ilight  the  counfels  of  the  Lorc^ 


Psalm     cviL  22  J 

?.   He'll  brin£  their  (pints  to  the  ground, 
And  no  delivYer  (hall  be  found  ; 
Laden  with  grief  thev  waite  their  breath 
In  larkneis  and  the  lhades  of  death, 

4.  Then  to  the  Lord  they  raife  their  cries, 
He  makes  the  dawning  light  ariie, 

And  icatters  all  that  drfnal  (hade, 
That  hung  lb  heavy  round  their  head, 

5.  He  cuts  the  bars  of  bra  (s  in  two, 
And  lets  the  fouling  pri^'ners  thro'; 
Takes  off  the  load  of  gnilt  and  grief, 
And  gives  the  labVing  foul  relief. 

6.  O  may  the  fons  of  men  record 
The  wond'rous  goodnefs  of  tlie  Lord  ! 
How  preat  his  works!    ho\*  kind  his  ways! 
Let  evVv  ton  one  pronounce  his  praife. 

F  s   a    l   m    CVIL      Third  Part. 

Jnteniperance panifhed  and  pardoned  ;  or,  A  Pfalm 
for  the  Glutton  and  the  Drunkard. 

2.   T  TAIN  man  on  foolifli  pleafures  bent, 
V     Prepares  for  his  own  puniminent ; 
What  pains,  what  loathfome  maladies 
From  luxury  and  luit  arife  ! 

2.  The  drunkard  feels  lis  vitals  wafte, 
Yet  drowns  his  health  to  pleale  his  taite; 
'Till  all  his  active  pow'rs  are  lott, 
And  fainting  life  draws  near  the  duft. 

p.   The  glutton  groans  and  loalIn>  to  eat, 
His  ibul  abhors  delicious  meat  : 
K-iture  with  heavy  loads  oppreft, 
Would  yield  to  death  to  be  relea^d. 

4.   Then  how  the  frighted  tinners  fly 
To  God  for  help  with  earueil  c*y  ! 


«4  Psalm    cvii. 

lie  hears  their  groans,  prolongs  their  breath, 
And  faves  them  from  appro  ichmg  death. 

5.  No  med'eines  coald  effecl  the  cure 
S  »  quirk,    la  caly,   or  fo  lure  : 

T?ie  deadly  feutente  God  repeal?, 

He  (ends  his  iovYeign  word,  and  heals. 

6.  O  mav  the  Tons  o£men  record 
The  won' Jious  ooodnels  of  the  Lord! 
And  let  their  thankful  off 'rings  prove 
How  they  adore  their  Maker's  love. 

Psalm    CVII.    fourth  Part.    Long  Metre. 

Deliverance  from  Storms  Und  Shipwreck  ;  cr,  Tfic 
Seaman's  So 

1      X~K~'  OULD  yon  behold  the  works  cf  God* 

\  V      His  w  mders  in  the  world  abroad, 
Go  with  the  mariners,   and  trace 
The  unknown  regions  of  the  Teas. 

2.   They  leave  their  native  (hores  behind, 
And  feize  the  favour  of  the  wind; 
Till  God  command,  and  tempelts  life, 
That  heave  the  ocean  to  the  Ikies. 

3     No,**  to  the  Heav'ns  they  mount  amain, 
Now  link  to  dreadful  deeps  auain; 
What  il  range  affrights  young  iailors  feel, 
And  like  a  rtagg'i Tug  drunkard  reel  1 

lien  land  is  far,  and  death  is  nigh, 
Loft  to  all  hope,  to  God  they  cry  ; 
His  mercy  hears  their  lond  addrefs, 
And  lends  falvation  in  diilreis. 

5     He  bids  the  winds  their  wrath  a(Tuage; 
'J  he  furifctn,  waves  forget  their  rage  : 
Tis  calm,   and  tailors,  fmile  to  ice 
The  Haven  where  they  wiih'd  to  be* 


A    L    M      CV11. 


6.   O  may  the  Tons  of  men  record 
The  wond'rous  goodnefs  of  the  Lord  ! 
Let  them  their  private  ofPrings  bring, 
And  in  the  church  his  glory  fing. 


P   s   A    L   M    CVIT.    Fourth  Part.    Com.  Metre. 
The  Mariner's  Pfalm. 

THY  works  of  glory,  mighty  Lord, 
thy  wonders  in  the  deeps, 
The  fons  of  courage  ihall  record 
who  trade  in  floating  mips. 

2.  At  thy  command  the  winds  arife, 
and  fweli  the  tov/ring  waves ; 

The  men  ailonifh'd  mount  the  ikies, 
and  fink  in  gating*  graves. 

3.  [Again  they  climb  the  wat'ry  hills, 
and  plunge  in  deeps  again  j 

Each  like  a  toit'ring  drunkard  reels, 
and  finds  his  courage  vain. 

o 

4.  Frighted  to  hear  the  temped  roar, 
4  they  pant  with  flutt'ring  breath, 
And  hopelefs  of  the  diftant  fhore, 

expect  immediate  death.] 

5.  Then  to  the  Lord  they  raife  their  cries, 
he  hears  the  loud  requeft, 

And  orders  fiknce  thro'  the  ikies, 
and  lays  the  floods  to  reft. 

6-  Sailors  rejoice  to  lofe  their  fears, 

and  fee  the  (torm  allay'd  ; 
Now  to  their  eyes  the  port  appears  ; 

there  let  their  vows  be  paid. 

7  '  fis  God  that  brings  them  fafe  to  land  ; 

let  ftupid  mortals  know, 
That  waves  are  under  hi    command, 

and  all  the  winds  that  blow. 


22 6  P   S    A    I    M     rvii. 

8.  O  that  the  fonsof  men  would  praife 

the  gdodnefs  of  the  Lord  ! 
And  thole  that  fee  rhy  wondVous  ways, 

thy  woncProua  io\e  record  ! 

P   s   a    l    M     CVU.     LaJIPart. 
Ci Ionics  planted;  or,  Na  .ipuiiiflfd. 

A  P&lm  for  / 

WHEN  God,  provok'd  with  daring  crimes, 
Scourges  the  madnefs  of  the  times, 
He  turus  their  fields  to  barren  fand, 
And  dries    the    rivers  from  the  land. 

2.  His  word  can  raile  the  fprings  again, 
And  make  the  wither'd  mountains  green, 
Send  fhow'ry  bleffings  from  the  ikies, 
And  harveits  in  the  defart  rife. 

3-    [Where  nothing  dwelt  but  beafts  of  prey, 
Or  men  as  fierce  and  wild  as  they; 
He  bids  th'  opprefl  and  poor  repair, 
And  builds  them  towns  and  cities  there. 

4.  Tbey  fow  the  6elds,  and  trees   they  'plan J, 
Whole  yearly  fruit  fupplies  their  want  : 
Their  race  grows  up  from  fruitful  flocks, 
Their  wealth  iucreafes  with  their  flocks. 

5.  Thus  they  are  blefl  ;  but  if  they  fin, 
He  lets  the  heathen   nations  in   ; 

A  lavage  crew  invades  their  lands,      * 
Their  princes  die  by  bjrbVous    hands'. 

6.  Their  captive  fons,  expos'd  to  fcorn, 
Wander  unpiry'd  and  forlorn  : 

The  country  lies  unfene'd,  until'd, 
And  deflation  fureads  the  field. 

7.  Yet  if  the  humbled  nation  mourns, 
A^ain  his  dreadful  hand  he  turns  ; 


Pi   II    if     cvii.    cix.  22  7 

Again  he  nukes  their  cities  thrive  ; 
And  bids  the  dying  chinches  live.] 

8.    Hie  rigliteotfs,   with  a  joyful  ienfe, 
Admiie  the  works  of  providence ; 

And  tongues  of  Atheifrs  (ball  no  more 
Blafpheme  the  God  that  faints  adore. 

o.    How  few,   with  pious  caie,  record 
Tiieie  wond'rous  dealings  of  the  Lord  ? 
But  wife  obferveri  (till  ilull  find 
The  Lord  is  holy,  juil,  and  hind. 

If  rh*!5  h;.mn  be  t  o  I^p.g  to  fing  at   once,  the  two  firll  and   two 
Ul\  %  ureas  of  it  may  be  f_ng  together,  mi   the  five  middle 

,  as  another  hymn  :  For  I  could  not  fir.d  any  other 
'   con  enient  dniilon  of  it. 

The  io8t!,  pfa'.m  :s  formed  out  of  the  57th  and  doth,  therefore 
I  }  a-e  omitted  i~, 

P     S    A     L     M      C1X.    V.     I — S)    41. 

Lcve  to  Enemies  from  the  example  of  Chrift, 

I.    /    HOD  of  my  mercy  and  my  praife, 

VJ[      thy  glory  is  my  fong  ; 
Tho'  finners  fpeak  againit  thy  grace 
with  a  blafpheming  tongue. 

a.  When  in  the  form  of  mortal  man 

thy  Son  on  earth  was  found, 
With  cruel  flanders,  filfe  and  vain, 

they  compafs'd  him  around. 

3.  Their  mis'i  ies  his  eompaffion  move* 
their  peace  he  ftill  purfu'd  ; 

They  render  hatred  for  his  love, 
and  evil  lor  his  good. 

4.  Their  malice  rag'd  without  a  caufe, 
yet,    with  hisdving  breath, 

He  prayM  for  murd'rers  on  his  crefs, 
*nd  bleit  his  foes  in  death. 


228  Psalm    cix,  ex. 

$.  Lord,  mall  thy  bright  example  fhine 

in  vain  before  my  eyes? 
Give  me  a  fonl  akin  to  thine, 

to  love  my  enemies. 

6.  The  Lord  mall  on  my  fide  engage, 

and,  in  my  Saviour's  name, 
I  (hall  defeat  their  pride  and  rage 

who  flandcr  and  condemn. 

That  th's  pfaJm  fore t els  the  fuffering%  the  patience,  and  lo.-e  of 
thrift  to  enemies,  is  univerfally  agreed;  but  the  turfes  on  )udat 
and  the  piiefrs,  &c.  I  have  chofen  to  leave  where  they  ftand  in 
the  facred  langaage  of  prophecy, 

>■         — — ^—  "  *  '  ■  ■ 

Psalm    CX.      Fir/}  Part.     Long  Metre. 

Chriit    exalted,  end  Multitudes    converted-,     or, 

The  Suecefs  of  the  C  of  pel. 

THUS  the  eternal  Father  fpake 
To  Chrill  the  Son  ;   "  Afcend  and  fit 
f€  At  my  "ght-hand,  till  I  mall  make 
€*  X^y  foes  fubmiflive  at  thy  feet. 

2.  "  From  TJon  (hall  thy  word  proceed, 
"  Thy  word,  the  fcepter  in  thy  hand, 
'<  Shall  make  the  hearts  of  rebeK  bleed, 
4i  And  bow  their  wills  to  thy  command. 

3.  u  That  day  fliall  (hew  thy  pow'r  is  great, 
«  When  faints  fliall  flock  with  willing  minds, 
44  And  finners  croud  tnv  temple  gate, 

"  Where  holiness  in  beauty  mines." 

4    O  bleffed  pow'r  !  O  glorious  day  ! 
What  a  large  vicVry  mall  en fue  ; 
And  converts,  who  thy  grace  obey, 
Exceed  the  drops  of  morning  dew. 

Stanza  3,  4.  It  is  generally  fuppofed  the  3d  verfe  of  this  plalm 
defences  the  nnmert'iib  converfioni  that  foi  owed  the  afcenfion  of 
Chriji.  The  beauty  tf  holincfs  is  but  a  periphrafis  for  the  Temple. 
Thai  the  whole  pfauii  h  a  prophecy  of  t  .rijt  in  his  kingdom  and 
prieithood,  is  abuiutently  evident  from  Matth.  xxii.  44.  Hek.  vii.  See. 


P    S    A     L     M       CX. 

Psalm     CX.     Second  Part.     Long    Metre. 

The  Kingdom  and  Trief-hood  c/Xhrift. 

i.  rnp^HUS  the  great  Lord  of  earth    and    lea 
Ji      Spake  to  his  fon,    and  thus  he  fwore  ; 
"  Eternal  fliull  thy  priefthood  be, 
t€  And   change  from  hand  to  hand  no    more. 

2.  u   Aaron  and  all  his  Ions  mu't  die  ; 
u   But  everlailing  life  is  thine, 

"   To  lave  for  ever  thole  jtlnit  fly 

u   For  refuge  from  the  wrath  divine. 

3.  "'Byrne  Melchifedekw&s  made 

u   On  earth  a  king  and  prielt  at  once  ; 

t€  And  thou  my  hcav'nly  pried  fhalt plead, 

u  And  tli 011  mv  kinp*  flialt  rule  mv  Ions." 

4.  Jefui  the  prieil  afcends  his  throne, 
While  couniels  of  eternal  peace, 
Between1  the  father  and  the  foil, 
Proceed  with  honour  and  fucceis. 

1.  Thro' the  whole  earth  his  reign  (hall  fpread 
x^nd  crufh  the  pow'rs  that  dare  rebel  ; 
Then  mall  hejudfge  the  riling  dead, 
And  fend  the  guilty  world  to  hell. 

6.    Tho*  while  lie  treads  his  glorious  way, 
He  drinks  the  cup  of  tears  and  blood, 
The  ftffVings  of  that  dreadful  day 
Shall  but  advance  him  neai  to  God. 

The  priefthood  or  Chrili,  after  the  o.  der  of  J  ' ,  is  par" 

ticolarly  exp  aired,  Hjo.  vii,  ier.  i ,  3,  23,  24,  2  j.   and  is  inferted 
in  the  three  frrfl  Stanza's, 

. 
the  cot  nc'l  0;  fe  .ce  (hall  be  bt  1 1 

Tae  lait  ver:.  a  m  is  expla'T.ed  by   interpreters  in   \  e-y 

contrary  ftnfe?.-   Seme    rr.ai-;e    his  drinking  of 
mean  u.d  fome  expound  it  of'  his  tajtin 

rows  nndjnfft rings ;  the  kit  is  raoit  evangelical  aau  moR.  bea 
therfore  1  iu.e  diofenh. 


23°  P  S  A  I    M    CX,  CXI. 

P  s  a  i.  M      CX.      Common  Metre. 
Chrifl'i  I  *nd Pricftrood. 

1.  TESJJS,  our  Lord,   afcend  thy  throae, 
J       and  near  the  father  fit  : 

In  'Lion  mill  thy  pow*r  be  known, 

and  make  thy  foes  fubmit. 

2.  What  wonders  fliall  thy  gofpel  do  ! 
thy  converts  mail  furpafi 

The  num'rous  drops  of  morning  dew, 
and  own  thy  fov'reign  grace. 

3.  God  hath  pronoune'd  a  firm  decree, 
nor  changes  what  he  fwore  ; 

€e  Eternal  dial]  *hy  prieflhood  be, 
"  When  Aaron  is  no  more. 

4.  ft  Mslchifedek  that  wondYcus  prieft, 
u   that  kino;  of  h'.gh  decree, 

u   That  holy  man,  who  Abrahavi  blelt, 
"  was  but  a  type  of  thee." 

5.  Jefus  our  pried  for  ever  lives, 
to  plead  for  us  above  ; 

Jc/us  our  king  for  ever  gives 
the  bleflings  of  his  love. 

6.  God  (h  ill  exalt  his  glorious  head, 
and  his  high  throne  maintain, 

Shall  ftrike  the  pow'rs  and  princes  dead, 
who  dare  oppofe  his  reign. 

P   s    A    l    M    CXI.      Fir  ft  Part. 
7 "he  Wifdcm  oj  Cod  in  his  Works. 

y.QONGS  of  immortal  praife  belong 

kj     to  iwv  Almighty  God  ; 
He  has  my  heart,  and  he  my  tongue, 

to  fpread  his  name  abroad. 


P    S    A    L    M       CX'U  Zll 

2.  How  <rreat  tli'*  works  his  hand  has  wrought ! 
how  glorious  in  our  fight  ! 

And  mm  in  every  aoe  have  iou^ht 
his  wonders  with  delight, 

3.  How  mole  cxi':t  is  nature's  frame  I 
ho  v  wife  tii'  eternal  mind  ! 

His  counlels  never  change  the  fcheme 
that  his  firft  thoughts  <.lefif>nJd. 

4.  When  he  redeemed  his  chofen  fons, 
he  fix'd  liis  cov'iiant  lure  : 

The  orders  that  his  lips  pronounce, 
to  endle£>  years  endure. 

5.  Nature  and  time,  and  earth  and  fkies, 
thy  heav'nly  /kill  proclaim  ; 

What  (hall  we  do  to  make  us  wife, 
but  learn  to  read  thy  name  I 

6.  To  fear  thy  powV,  to  truii  thy  grace, 
is  ourdivinelt  ikill  ; 

And  he's  the  wifeit  of  our  race, 
that  heir  obeys  tly  will. 

Of  this  Pfalra  I  Bare  chofen  feveral  verfrs,  and  formed  intotwo 
diitinfl  Hymns,  Keeping  tr.e  firft,  and  the  twp   bfl 

Psalm    CXI.      Second  Part, 
The  Perfection  of  God. 

1.  v^i  RE\T  is  the  Lord,  his  works  cf  might 
\JT  demand  our  noblett  longs  ; 

Let  his  affembled  faints  unite 
their  harmony  of  tongues. 

2.  Great  is  the  mercy  of  the  Lord, 
lie  gives  his  children  food  ; 

And  ever  mindful  of  his  word, 
he  makes  his  promife  good. 

3.  Hisfon,  the  great  Redeemer.,  came 
to  feal  his  coVnant  (Vre  ; 


2:2  Ps  A  I  M   cxi,  cxii. 

and  rev'rend  is  his  name, 
his  ways  are  j aft  and  pure. 

4.  They  that  would  grow  divinely  wife, 

mult  with  his  fear  begin  ; 
Our  fa  i  reft  proof  of  knowledge  lies 

in  hating  ev'rv  fin. 

P  s   a   l   m    CXII.     as  the  113  Vf... 
The  BUffings  of  tht  tibcral  Msn, 

1.  f"  g  ^H  \T  man  is  hie  ft  who  ftmds  in  awe 

JL      Of  God,  and  loves  his  (acred  law  : 
His  feed  on  earth  /hall  he  renoun'd  ; 

His  houfe,  the  feat  of  wealth,  fhall  be 

An  inexhaufted  treafury, 

And  with  futceflive  honours  crown'd. 

2.  His  lib'ral  favours  he  extends, 
To  feme  he  oives,  to  others  lends  : 

A  gen'rous  pity  fills  bis  mind  : 
Yet  what  his  charity  impairs, 
He   fives  by  prudence  in  affairs, 

And  thus  he's  juft  to  all  mankind. 

3.  His  hand5;,   while  thy  his  alms  Wftow'd, 
His  glory's  future  harvcft  fow'd  ; 

Tlie  lweet  remembrance  of  the  juft, 
Like  a  green  root,   revives  and  bears 
A  train  of  bleffings  for  his   heirs. 

When  dying  nature  fleeps  in  duft. 

4.  Befet  with  threading  dangers  round, 
Unmoved  lhajl  he  ra  a  in  tain  his  ground  ; 

His  confeience  holds  liis  courage  up  ; 
The  foul  that's  filfd  with  virtue's  light, 
Shines  brightelt  in  a  Mictions  night  : 

And  ice^  in  darknefs  beam*  of  hope. 


Psalm     cxii, 

Pause 

5.  [Ill  tidings  never  can  turpi  ife 
His  heart  that  tix'd  on  Gcd  relies, 

Tho'  waves  and  tempers  roar  around  : 
Safe  on  the  reck  he  fits,  unri  ices 
The  (hip wreck  oi  his  entries, 

And  ali  their  hope  and  glory  drown'd, 

6.  The  wicked  {hall  his  triumph  lee, 
And  oiiaih  their  reeth  in-a;>ony, 

To  find  their  expectations  croft : 
They  and  their  envy,  pride  and  ipite, 
bink  down  to  everlailing  night, 

And  ail  their  names  111  iianuicfs  loft.] 

Many  lines  of  this  Metre;  end    fbmt  of  the  next  Pfalm,  prefer 
ted  i:  on!  Mr.  ^:^'s  vcrilon. 

PSAI  M     CXII.     Long   Metre. 

The  Bhjfings  ofilc  Pious  a?idCharuable. 

1 1  r"]T^  HRICE  happy  man  who  fears  the  Lord* 
X     Loves  his  commands. and  trufts  his  word 
Honour  and  peace  his  days  attend. 
And  bleffings  to  his  feed  defcend. 

2.  Companion  dwells  upon  his  mind,. 
To  works  of  mere  v  ft  ill  inclin'd  : 

He  lends  the  poor  feme  preient  aid, 
Or  gives  them,  not  to  be  repaid, 

3.  When  times  grow  dark,  and  tidings  fpread 
That  fill  his  neighbours  round   with  dread, 
His  heart  is  arn-'d  againft  the  fear. 

For  God  with  all  his  pow'r  is  there. 

4.  His  foul  well  fixed  upon  the  Lord, 
Draws  heav'nly  courage  from  his  word  ; 
Amidft  the  daiknefs,  light  mall  rile, 
To  chear  his  heart,  and  bleis  his  eves. 

Y  3 


234  P   s    A    L    M     cxii. 

5.    He  harh  difpers'd   Iiis  alms  abroad, 
His  woiks  arc  (till  before  bis  God  ; 
His  name  0:1  earth  fhall  long  remain, 
While  envious  finuers  fret  in  vain. 


P   s    a   l    m      CXII.     Common  Metre. 

Liberality  rewarded. 

l.T  TAPPY   is  he  that  fears  the  Lord, 
\    J_      and  follows  Ids  commands, 

Who  leu<!s  the  poor  without:  reward, 
or  gives  viith  liberal  bands. 

2.  As  pitv  dwells  within  his  bread 
to  all  the  ions  of  need  ; 

So  God  (hall  anfwer  bis  requeft 
with  bL-ifings  on  his  feed. 

3.  No  evil  tidings  (hall  furprize 
his  well-eitablifu'd  mind  : 

H:s  foul  to  God  his  refuge  flies, 
and  leaves  his  fears  behind. 

4.  In  times  of  genera]  diftrefs 
fome  beams  of  light  fhall  fhine, 

To  fhew  the  world  his  riahteoufnefi> 
and  give  hitn  peace  divine. 

5.  His  works  of  piety  antl  love 
remain  before  the  Lord  ; 

Honour  on  earth  and  joys  above 
fhall  be  his  tiire  reward. 

]M:ir.y  of  tVe  bWlfings  of  wealth,    and  grandeur,    and  temporal 
e  ihe    pon  on  of  a  good  man  an 
uncer  the  Old  Tell 4 mem,  1  ha.c   here  abridged    agreeable    to  the 
New,  which  fbrtels  lamer  temporal  auctions,  and  pramift 
lajting  rewards. 


Ps  A  L  M      xciii.  235 

P  s  A  l  M     CXIIf.      Proper    Tune. 

Th  '  >  and  Con  J  vf  God. 

i.'XTE  that  delight  to   ferve  the  Lord, 
\    The  honours  of  his  name  record, 

His  (acred  name  for  ever  blet 
Where-e'er  the  circling  tun  diiplays 
His  riling  beams,  cr  felting  rays, 

Let  lands  and  leas  lus  pow'r  confefs. 

2-   Not  time,  nor  nature's  narrow  rounds 
Can  give   his  valt  dominion  bounds, 

The  heav'ns  are  far  below  his  height  ! 
Let  no  created  greatnefs  dare 
With  our  eternal  God  compare, 

Arm'd  with  his  uncreated  might. 

3.  He  bows  his  olorioiis  head  to  view 
Wl.at  the  bright  hofts  of  angels  do, 

And  bends  his  care  to  mortal  things  ; 
His  fov'reign  hand  exalts  the  poor. 
He  takes  the  needy  from  the  door, 

And  makes  them  company  for  kincr^. 

4.  When  childlefs  families  defpair, 
He  fends  the  blefling  of  an  heir 

To  refcue  their  expiring  name  ; 
The  mother  with  a  thankful  voice 
Proclaims  his  praifes  and  her  jovs  : 

Let  ev'ry  age  advance  his  fume. 

Psalm      CX.il.      Long  Metre. 
Cod  Sever tign  and  Gracious. 
i.VE  fervants  of  tlf  almighty  King, 

X      Iu  ev'ry  age  his  prai.es  ling  . 
Where  e'er  the  fun  (hall  rile  or  let, 
The  nations  fhall  his  praife  repeat. 

2.   Above  the  earth,  beyond  the  Iky, 
Stands  his  high  throne  of  majeity  ; 


2 *6  Psalm    cxiii,  cxiv. 

Nor  ti  ne  nor  place  las  pow'r  rertrain^ 
Nor  bound  his  univerfal  reign, 

5;   Which  of%  the  ions  of  Adam  dare, 
Or  Angels  with  ti.eir  God  compare  : 
His  glories  how  divinely  bright, 
\\  ho  dwells  in  uncreated  lioht  ! 

o 

4.  Behold  his  love  :   He  ftoops  to  vievr 
What  faints  above  and  Angels  do; 
And  condescends  vet  more  to  know 
The  mean  affairs  of  men  below. 

5.  From  dull  and  cottages  obfeure 
His  grace  exalts  the  humble  poor; 
Gives  them  the   honour  of  his  ions, 

And  fits  them  fyr  ihiir  heav  'nl\   thrones.- 

6.  £A  word  of  his  creating  voice 
Can  make  the  ba   feh  home  rejoice  : 
Tho'  Sarah's  ninety  years  were  pail, 
The  prom  is1      eed  is  bom  at  tali. 

7.  With    )    «    the  mother  views  her  foil, 
And  tells      e  wonders  God  has  done  : 
Faith  m«     grow ■itrong  when  ienfe  delpaj 
If  natui     fails,  the  promise  bears.] 

Part'        k   Si     ipd  rtft  fiam*a**  are  borrowed-  from  Gem.    x*  &L 
17  .  an::  Shall  Sarlh  thJ  it  ;;.?:     >  j  «j/ \  old  ijar  f 

Abrahd.:i  w 

Psalm     CXiV. 

Miracles    attending  Ifrael'j  Journey. 

i.Tl/  KEN  //rV/,  fiec]  from  PkmW*oh*i  hatfcdL 

VV      Left  the  proud  tyrant  and  Ids  land, 
The  tribes  with  chearfnl  homage  01 
Their  king,  and  Judah  was  kis  throne, 

St.    Acrofs  the  deep  their  journey  lay  ; 
The  deep  divides  to  make  tbezu  way  ; 


P   S   A    I    M 


ex  v. 


*57 


fan  beheld  their  march,  and  lied 
V*  ith  backward  current  to  his  head. 


j.  The  mountains  (hook  like  frighted  fheep, 
Like  lambs  the  liitle  hillocks  leap  ; 
Not  Sinai  on  her  bale  could  (land, 
Confciousof  (bvVeigb  pow'r  at  hand. 

4.  What  pow'r  could  make  the  deep  divide  ? 
Make  Jordan  backward  roll  his  tide  ? 

Why  did  ye  leap,  ye  little  hills  ? 

And  whence  the  fright  that  Sinai  feels  ? 

5.  Let  evVy  mountain,  ev'ry  flood, 
Retire,  and  know  th'  approaching  God, 
The  King  of  I/r'e/:   fee  him  here  ; 
Tremble  thou  earth,  adore,  and  fear. 

6    He  thunders,  and  all  nature  mourns  ; 
The  rock  to  (landing  pool  he  turns  ; 
Flints  fpring  with  fountains  at  his  word, 
And  fires  and  ieas  confels  the  Loid. 

This  pfaim  appears  to  me  an  admirable  ode,  bat  if  I»had  in- 
troduced the  prtf.  nee  of  God  imo  the  cam?  ot'ffr::el  removing  from 
Egypt,  as  ail  my  piecleceifors  have  done,  I  lad  bit  the  divine 
beauty  of  the  pfahn:  F->r  had  God  appeared  ai  iirfr,  there  couid 
be  no  wonder  why  the  mountains  .fcouli  leap,  and  the  fia  retire ; 
therefore  that  this  convuifion  of  nature  may  be  brought  in  with 
due  forprife,  the  fxred  poet  conceals  his  name  till  afterwards,  and 
then  with  a  very  agreeable  turn  of  thought  God  is  introduced  at 
once  in  all  \  h  majefly.  This  is  what  I  have  attempted  to  imitate, 
and  to  pref.-rve  what  I  coil    of  the  tpir'n  of  the    infpiied  author. 


P   s   a    l   m     CXV.  Firft  Metre. 
Th?  true  God  our  refuge;   ov>   idolatry   reproved. 
I.   1^  TOT  to  ourielvts,   who  are  hut  dull, 


Not  to  omit  Ives  is  glory  due, 
Eternal  God,  tiiou  onlrjuifc, 
Thou  only  gracious,   wife,  and  true. 

2.  Shine  forth  in  all  thy  dreadful  name  5 
Why  lhculd  a  heathen**  haughty  tongue 


2-8  Psalm     cxv. 

Jllfult  us,   and  to  raife  our  fliame, 

Say.  where' s  the  Cod  you  vj  fcrv 'J  fi  long  P 

3.  The  God  we  ferve  maintains  hi*  throne 
Above  the  clouds,  beyond  the  ikies, 
Thro'  all  the  emth  his  will  is  done, 

lie  knows  our  groans,  he  heart  our  cries. 

4.  But  the  vain  idols  they  adore 

Are  fenfelefs  fhapes  of  flcne  and  wood  ; 
At  belt  a  mafs  of  glitt'ring  ore, 
A  filver  fain!:,  or  golden  God. 

5.  [With  eye*  and  ears  they  carve  their  head, 
Deaf  are  1  heir  ears,  their  eyes  are  blind  ; 

In  vain  are  coftly  ofPrings  made, 
And  vows  are  fcatter'd  in  the  wind. 

6\.  Their  feet  were  never  made  to  more, 
Nor  hands  to  five  when  mortals  pray  ; 
Mortals  that  pay  them  fear  or  love, 
Seem  to  be  blind  and  deaf  as  they.] 

7.  O  Jfrel9  make  the  Lord  thy  hope, 
Thy  help,  thy  refuge,  and  thy  retf ; 
The  Lord  mall  build  thy  ruins  up, 
And  bleis  the  people  and  the  prieft. 

8.  The  dead  no  more  can  fpeak  thy  praife, 
They  dwell  in  Glence  and  the  grave; 

But  we  (hall  live  to  ling  thy  grace, 
And  iell  the  world  thy  povv'r  to  lave. 

Psalm    CXV.      Second   Metre,     as    the 
New  Tune  of  the  50/A  Pfah/i. 
Popifh  Idolatry  reproved. 
A  Pfalm  for  the  5th  of  November. 

OT  to  our  names,  thou  only  jure  and  true, 
Not  to  our  worthlefs  names  is  glory  due: 


N 


P     S     A     L     M        C.W.  2:9 

Thy  pow'r   and  orice,   thy  trntli  and  jnftice 
Immortal  honours  to  thy  fov'iei-n  name,  [claim 

Shine    tliro'  the  earth  froi  11    beav'ii   thy    bje!t 

[abode 
r  let  the  heathens  fay,  And -;:h:rS s ycur  God? 

2     Heav  n  is  thine  higher  court  :  There  (lands 

thy  throne, 
And  thro'  the  lower  worlds  thy  will  is  done  : 
Our  God  fVam'd  all  tins  earth,  thefe  heavhis  he 

[fpiead, 
But  fools  adore  the  gods  theirh?.nds  ha  'e  made: 
The  kneeling  crowd  with  looks  devout,  behold 
Their  filver  faviours,  and  their  faints  of  gold. 

3.  [Vain  are  thofe  artful  fhapes  of  eyes  and  ears; 
Tiie  molten  image  neither  fees  nor  hears  : 
Tlieirhandsare  helplefs,  nor  their  feetcan  move 
They  have  no  fpeech,  nor  thought  nor  pow'r 

[nor  love  ; 
Yet  fo'jtifh  mortals  make  their  Ion  o  complaints, 
To  their  deaf  idois,  and  their  movelefs  faints. J 

4.  The  rich  have  (lutues  well  adorned  with  gold 
The  poor  content  with  gods  of  coarler  mould, 
With  tools  of  iron  carve  the  fenfelefs  flock 
Lopt  from  a  tree,  or  broken  from  a  rock  : 
People  and  piiefr  drive   on  the  fehmn  ttade, 
And  trulls  the  oodi  that  faws  and  hammers 

*  [maac, 

5.  Be  heav'n  and  earth  amazM  !  'Tis  hard  to  fdj 
Which  is  more  itunid,  or  '.heir  gods,  or  they. 
O  lfr'dy  trull  the  Lord  ;  lie  !iea4S  and  fees, 
He  knows  thy  iorrows,  and  relto'es  thy  peace: 
His  worfhip  does  a  t hou fu nd  comforts  yield, 
He  is  thy  help,   and  iie  thy  htav'nly  ihield. 

7.   O  Britain,  truft  the  Lord  :   thy  foes  in  vain 
Attempt  thy  ruin,  aud  oppofe  his  reigu  j 


2A0  P     !     fl 


Had  they  prevaifd,  darkneli  had  dos*d  our 

[J 
And  death  and  filence  had  forbid  his  praife  : 
But  we  are  fav'd,   and  live  :  Let    fon<>s 
And  Britain  blefs  the  Gou  that  built  the  (kies. 


P    s    a     L    M      CXVi.    t'irft  Fart. 

R  e  c  o  v  c  r  v  fr  o  ;/2  Si  <; 1  .v  r  /  } . 

LOVE  the  Lord  :   he  heard  my  cries, 
and  pity'd  cvVv  groan  : 
Loner  as  I  live,   when  troubles  rife, 
I'll  haiten  to  his  throne. 

2.   I  love  the  Lord  :    He  bow'd    his  ear, 

and  chas'd  my  griefs  away  ; 
O  let  my  heart  no  more  defpair, 

while  I  have  breath  to  pray  ! 

2.   My  flem  declia'd,  my  fpirits  fell, 

and  I  drew  near  the  dead, 
While  inward  pangs,  and  fears  of  hell, 

perplex'd  my  wakeful  head. 

4.  u  My  God,  I  cvy\],  thy  fervant  fave, 
"  thou  ever  good  and  juft  : 

u  Thy  pow'r  can  refcue  from  the   grave, 
"  thy  pow'r  is  all  my  trull." 

5.  The  Lord  beheld  me  fore  dirt  re  ft, 
he  hid  my  pains  remove  : 

Return,   my  Joul,  to  God  thy  reft, 
for  thou  halt  known  his  love. 

6.  My  God  hath  fiv'd  my  foul  from  death, 
and  dvy\\  my  falling  tears  ; 

No«v  to  !>is  praife  I'll  fpend  my  breath, 
and  my  remaining  years. 


Psalm    cxvi,  cxviL  241 

Psalm  CXVI.     12,  &c.   Sec 9nd Part < 

made  11    Trouble  paid  in   the  Church  ;  cr, 
Public  Thanks  for  prhfaff  DeJl&ergnce* 

1.  TX7HAT  fliall  I  render  to  my  God 

V  V    f°r  a^  k'is  kindnefi  (ho Wo  .? 
My  feet  (hall  vifu  thine  abode, 
my  (bugs  addrefs  thy  throne. 

2.  Among  the  faints  that  fill  thine  houfe, 
my  oft  'rings  (hall  be  paid  : 

There  fliall  my  zeal  perform  the  vows, 
my  foul  in  anguifh  made. 

q.  How  much  is  mercy  thy  delight, 

thou  ever-bleffed  God  ! 
How  dear  thy  fervants  in  thy  fight  ! 

how  precious  is  their  blood  ! 

4.  How  happy  all  tSiy  fervants  are  ! 
h  >w  great  thy  grace  to  me  ! 

My  life,  which  thou  halt  made  thy  care, 
Lord,  I  devote  to  thee. 

5.  Now  T  am  thine,  forever  him, 
nor  fliall  my  purpofe  move  4 

Thy  hand  hath  loos'd  my  bonds  of  pain, 
and  bound  me  with  thy  love, 

7    Here  in  thy  courts  I  leave   my  vow, 

and  thy  rich  grace  record  ; 
"Witnefs,   ye  faints,  who  hear  me  now, 

if  I  for  fake  the  Lord, 

P   s   a   l   M    CXvii.  C  .inmom  Metre. 
praife  to  Cod  from    all  N< 
ALL  ye  Nations,  praife  the  Lord, 


-O' 


each  with  a  diff'rent  tongue  j 


242  Psalm     cxrii,  cxviii. 

In  ev'rylanguage  learn  his  word, 
and  let  his  name  be  Tung. 

2.  His  mercy  reigns  thro'  ev*ry  land  ; 

proclaim  his  grace  abroad  ; 
For  ever  firm  his  truth  mall  (land, 

pi  ufe  ye  the  faithful  God. 

/  s  a   l   m      CXV1I.     Long   Metre. 

1.  T-i  R  O  M  all  that  dwell  below  the   ikies, 
Jp     Let  the  creator's  praife  ariie  : 

Let  the  redeemer's  name  be  fung 
Thro'  ev'ry  land  by  ev'ry  tongue. 

2.  Eternal  are  thy  mercies,  Lord  ; 
Eternal  truth  attends  thy  word  : 

Tii y  praife  (hall  found  from  (hore  to  fliore, 
'Till  funs  mall  rile  and  fet  no  more. 

Psalm      CXVI1.     Short   Metre. 

I.   rT^  H  Y  name,  Almighty  Lord, 

X_        (hall  found    thro'  diiVant  lands; 
Great  is  thy  grace,  and  fiire  thy  word  ; 
thr  truth  for  ever  Hands. 

2    Far  be  thine  honour  fpread, 
and  long  tliy  praife  endure, 
'Till  morning  light  and  evening-made 
ihall  be  exchang'J  no  more. 

Psalm     CXVIII.  Firft  Part.  v.  6— i  j. 

Deliverance  from  a    Tumult. 

I.  rTms  H  E  Lord  appears  my  helper  now, 

nor  is  my  faith  afraid 
^yhat  all  the  fons  of  earth  can  do, 
Bnce  Hcav'n  affords  its  aid. 


Psalm     cxviii.  243 

2.  'Tis  fafer,    Lord,  to  hope  in  thee, 
and  have  my  God  my  friend, 

Than  truft  in  men  of  high  degree, 
and  on  their  truth  depend. 

3.  Like  bees  my  foes  befet  me  round,  £ 
a  large  and  angry  fwarm; 

Bur  I  mail  all  their  rage  confound 
by  thine  Almighty  arm. 

4.  'Tis  thro'  the  Lord  my  heart  is  ftrong, 
in  him  my  lips  rejoice  ; 

While  his  falvation  it  my  fong, 
how  chcarful  is  my  voice  ! 

5.  Like  angry  bees  they  girt  me  round 
when  God  appears  they  fly  ; 

So  burning  thorns,  with  crakling  found, 
make  a  fierce  blaze,  and  die. 

6.  Joy  to  the  faints  and  peace  belongs  5 
the  Lord  protects  their  days  : 

Let  7/rVtune  immortal  fongs 
to  his  Almighty  grace. 

Psalm     CXVIII.   Second  part,    v.   17—21. 

Pub  lie  Praife  for  Deliverance  from  Death. 

I.  1       ORD,  thou  haft;  heard  thy  fervanr.  cry, 

J J    and  refcu'd  from  the  grave  ; 

Now  fliall  he  live  :   (and  none  can  die 
if  God  refolve  to  fave.) 

2.  Thy  praife,  more  conftant  than  before, 
fliall  fill  his  daily  breath 

Thy  hand/  that  hath  challis'd  him  fore, 
defends  him  ftill  from  death. 

3.  Open  the  gates  of  Ttion  now, 
for  we  fliall  worfhip  there, 

Z  2 


k 


244  Ps'A  i  M     exviii. 

The  cionie  where  all  the  righteous  oo% 
thy  poercy  to  declare. 

4,   Among  th'  nfTemblies  of  thy  faints 

iir  thankful  voice  we  raife  ; 
1!  ere  we  have  told  thee  our  complaint?, 
and  there  we  fpe/ik  thy  praile. 

II  I    I      II        -      ■*-         1     II  I  III!  I  I      I    I  - 

P$  a  1   m  CXVIIJ.     Third    Part.  v.     22; 

Chrift  ths    Foundation  of  his  Chinch. 

I.  TOEHOLD  the    fu re  foundation  il one 

][_y  which  God  in  Xicn  l?ys 
To  build  our  heav'nly  hopes  upon, 
and  his  eternal  praife*. 

.  Chofen  of  God,  to  iinners  dear, 
and  iaints  adore  the  name, 
They  fruit  their  whole  falvation  h&ie, 
nor  ih  ail 'they  fuffer  Ibame. 

;.   The  foc!ifh  builders,  fcribe  and  prieft^ 

rt ject  it  with  di'fdain  ; 
Yet  on  this  rock  the  church  (hall  reft, 

and  enry  rage  in  vain. 

4.  What  tho'  the  gates  of  hell  withstood, 

yet  mufi:  this  building  rife  : 
Tis  thy  own  work,  Almighty  Goclp 

and  wond'rousin  our  eyes. 

Theft  five  vcrfes,  from  the  22d  to  rhe    27th,  tontai.Virg   a   glo» 
rteus  prohecj  of  Chrift,  I  have   explained  them   at  Jar^e 
language  of  ihe  New  Teftancent,  in  rwo  cuftioli  Hymns  1  1  Pet.  i . 
4,  6.  jfehold,    I  lay  in  Zion  a  c'ief  cnrncr-JlQnr%   tied,  pred  us  ; 

and  he  Jv.it  b  I  .  hall  :ict  bv  ajham^  d dtf,  /.'. 

it  choftB  of  God,  and  precious*     TViatth.  xvt,   18.  V- 
11  j  I ;:;!  I  >:y   chuiy*,  and    the  £atcs  of  titUJb*llji9$ $rs%Ail 
again  1  it.    See  tlie  net?*  en  t^e  following  Hviijiw.. 


Psalm     cxviii.  245 

Psalm  CXVIII.  Fourth   Part.  v.   24,2?,  26* 

Hofanna  ;  the  Lord'j-Day  :  or,  Chrijt's  Refurrec* 

tion  and  our  Salvation. 

1.  ry^HIS  is  the  day  the  Lord  hath  made^ 

X       he  calls  the  hours  his  own  ; 
Let  Heav'n  rejoice,  let  earth  be  glad 
and  praiie  furround  the  throne. 

2.  To-day  he  rote  and  left  the  dead* 
and  Satan's  empire  fell  ; 

To-day  the  faints  his  triumph  fpread-> 
and  all  his  wonders  tell. 

3.  Hofanna  to  thr  anointed  king, 
to  David's  holy  fon  : 

Help  us,  O  Lord  ;  defcend  and  bring 
falvation  from  the  throne. 

4.  Bleft  be  the  Lord  who  comes  to  men 
with  meffages  of  grace  ; 

Who  comes  in  God  his  father's  name^ 
to  fave  our  finfu!  race* 

5.  Hofanna  va  the  highelr  (trains 
the  chureh  on  earth  can  raife  ; 

The  highelt  HeaVns  in  which  he  reigns^, 
ihall  give  him  nobler  praifev. 

See  the  notes  on  the  foregoing  and  folkH»i»g  Hvrms, 

Stanza  1.  This  the  day  wherein  Chrijt  fnlfifed  his  fnirerings,  and 

rofe  from  the  dead?  and  has  honoured  it  with  his  own  name.    Rev* 

u    io.     Tht  L<trfiDj> 

Stanza,     3.  This  verfe  is  explained  Hiatth,   xxi.  9.    Hofanna  to 

tk*  fan  of  Tlwd.  Biejf-J  n  he  that  cometh  in  the  name  af  the  Lord  .* 

Hof.nna   in  the  kigheji.      The  w<  rd  Hofanna    fignifies,  Jave,  W 

b:f  t    . 

Psalm    CXVIil.   v.    22—27.  Short  Metre, 

An  Hofanna/ir  tht  Lord* s -Day  ;  or^  a  new  Song 
of  Salvation  by  Chrilt. 
J,  QjEE'.wnat  a  living  ftone 
>j     the  builders  did  refufe; 

23 


r    S    A     L    M     CXV111. 

"Yet  God  hath  built  his  church  thereon 
in  ipight  cf  envious  Jews* 

2.   The  fc  ibe  and  angry  prieft 
rcjrtrt  thine  only  Ton  ; 
Yc  t  on  this  rock  (hall  7Jon  reft, 
as  the  chief  corner- it  one. 

,.   The  work,  O  Lord,  is  thine, 
and  wondYous  in  our  eyes  ; 
This  day  declares  it  atl  divine, 
tliis  day  did  Jefus  rile. 

4.  This  i-sthe  glorious  day 
that  onr  redeemer  made  ; 

Let -qs  rejoice,  and  fimr,  and  pray, 
let  all  the  church   be  glad. 

5 .  H e fa f  n a  to  the  !<  i n g 
of  David's  royal    blood  : 

Blefs  him,  ye  faints  ;  he  comes  to  bring 
falvarion  from  your  God. 

6.  We  blcfi  thine  holy  word, 
which  all  this  grace  difplays; 

And  offer  on  thine  altar,   Lord, 
our  fuenrue  of   praife. 

Si  mza  6,    The  27th  7erfe  rauft  be  e*p 
I   TltrJ    i  our  J.V'Vf,  rvji  attar  is  ( 
ai.u  pr.it/. »    Hth.  x      in,  15. 

P  5  a  L  M       CXVI1I.     22  —  27.     Locg    Metre. 

vs'j;  Ilofanna  for  the  Lord's -Day  ;.  or,  a  nerj)  pjug 
of '  tS ./  /o  4  ft*  0/i  41  C ' '  »  i  i  1 . 

1.  T       O  !    what  a  glorious  corner-froiic 
I  _j    The  J:vrJJ?  builders  did  refute  ; 

But  Gr.d  hr.th  bulk  his  church  thereon,. 
In  fpight  cfeuyj  and  the 

2.  Great  Go.],  the  woik  is  a1!  diriney 
The  joy  aud  wonder  o{  our  eyes  1 


Psalm  cxviii,  cxLr.  247 

This  is  the  day  that  proves  it  thine, 
The  day  that  faw  our  Saviour  rile. 

3.  Siuners  rejoice;  and  faints  be  glad  ; 
Jiojanna,  let  his  name  be  blelt  : 

A  thoufand  honours  on  his  head. 
With  peace  and  light,  and  glory  reft. 

4.  In  God's  own  name  he  comes  to  bring 
Salvation  to  our  dviuo  race  : 

Let  the  whole  chuich  addrefs  their  king* 
With  hearts  of  joy  and  ibngs  of  praife. 

Stanra  3«     Hg/.-kkc,  flguifies/ or,  ive  beferch,  as  v.  25.     And 
t  HofannaU  afcribed  i«  Chriji  in  Matth,  xxi.  9.    itfeems 
to  mean  pruptiiy,  .-.  .  in  to  Cfirijt as K.ijig t  as    we  fay  in 

our  language,   God  j  .    of  Gel  Ihfi  t.-.d  King]  though 

itt  tie  ar  moi  mettt  i  Lave  timed  it  as  a  Qi<  n  pra.]  ei  tor  our  own 
ialvatio,  r?p  er   ood. 

Psalm      CX1X. 

I  have  collefred  and  difpsfed  the  mofl  ufeful 
veijes  of  this  pfaltn  under  eighteen  different  heads , 
and  formed  a  liiviae  fbng  uron  each  of  them  • 
jB^/  /£*  verfts  are  ?nuch  tranJpoj:d?  to  attain  fame 
c.cgrce  of  connection. 

In  f owe  puces  j  among  the  words  1  »\v,  com- 
mands, judgments,  tt-iii monies,  /  %ave  tt/eJ 
gofpel,  w  01  d,  grace,  truth,  proirifes,  &c.  as 
wore  agreeabte  to  the  Aeiv  Teftapient,  and  the 
,,.  language  of  Chriji  tans  -  and  it  tquaity 
anjv trs  the  dej'gn  of  the  Pialiuiit,  which  was  to 
re^o??i?neud'the  holy  Jcripture. 

P   s   A    L    m      CXIX.      Firfl  Fart. 
The  Bseffednefj  of  Saints,  and  JSlifery  of  Sinner i? 

Ver.  T,   2,   5. 
I.  T^  LEST  are  the  undenTd  in  heart, 
IJ»     whole  ways  are  xight  and  clean; 


tdfi  Psalm     cxix* 

Who  never  from  thy  law  depart, 
but  fly    from  ev'ry  fin. 

2.  Bleft  are  the  men  that  keep  thy  word, 
aiul  pradtife  thy  commands  > 

With  their  whole  heart  they  feek  the  Lord, 
and  ferve  thee  with  their  hands. 

Ver.  j  65. 

3.  Great  is  their  peace  who  love  thy  law, 
\    how  firm  their  fouls  abide  ! 

Nor  can  a  bcld  temptation  draw 
their  iteady  feet  afidc 

Ver.  6. 

4.  Then  (hall  my  heart  have  inward  joy5 
and  keep  my  face  from  (name, 

When  all  thy   ftatntes  I  obey, 
and  honour  all  thy  name, 

Ver.  2J  ,  11 8, 

5.  But  hanrrrty  finners  God  will  hate^ 
the  proud,  thai!  die  aecnrft  j 

The  fons  of  fa  1  (hood  and  deceit 
are  trodden  to  the  dull. 

Ver.  119,   155. 

6.  Vile  as  the  drols  the  wicked  are  ; 
and  thofe  that  leave  thy  wayfr 

Shall  fee  falvation  from  afar, 
but  never  taite  thy  grace, 

Psalm     CXIX.     Second  Part. 

Secret  Levttitns    and  Spiritual   Mindednefi^  or; 
Co-Ji[t*ntConverft  with  God. 
Ver.  147,  55. 
j.rTp*  O   thee,  before  the  dawning  light; 

JL        mv  gracious  God,   1  pray  ; 
I  meditate  thy  name  by  bightj 
and  keep  thy  law  by  day, 


P   S    A    L    M      exix.  24? 

Ver.  8r. 
I y  lpirit  faints  to  Ice  thy  grace, 
thy  prcmiie  bears  me  up  ; 
And  while  falvation  long  decays, 
thy  word  lupports  my  hope. 

Ver.  164. 

3.  Seven  times  a  day  I  lift    my  hands, 
and  pay  my  thanks  to  thee  ; 

Thy  righteou*  providence  demands 
repeated  praile  from  me. 

Ver.  62. 

4.  When  midnight-darkuefs  veils  the  fides, 
I  call  thy  works  to  mind  ; 

My  thoughts  in  warn  devotion  rife, 

and  fweet  acceptance  rind. 



P    S    a    L    M      CXIX.      Third  Part. 
ProfefiQBS  of  Sincerity,  Repentance   and  Obcdt* 

Ver.  57,  60. 
I.npHOU  art  my  portion,   O  my  God  j 

JL        foon  as  I  know  thy  way, 
My  heart  makes  haite    1'  obey  thy  word, 
and  fufFers  no  delay. 

Ver.  30,  14. 
2.  I  chufe  the  path  01   heav'niy  truth, 

and  glory  in  iny  choice  : 
2\ot  all  the  riches  of  the  earth 

could  make  me  lb  rejoice. 

?.   The  tedimor.ics  of  thy  grace, 

I  fet  before  my  eyes  ; 
Thence  i  derive  my  daily  ftrength, 

and  there  my  comfort  lies, 


I 


*£<*  Psalm     cxix. 

Ver.    59. 

4.  If  once  T  wander  froia  thy  path, 
I  think  upon  my  w*ys, 

Then  turn  my  feet  to  thy  commands, 
and  trull  thy  pard'ning  grace. 

Ver.  94,   114. 

5.  Now  I  am  thine,  for  ever  thine, 
O  favethy  fervant,   Lord  ; 

Thou  art  my  fhield,   my  hiding- place  j 
my  hope  is  in  thy  word. 

Ver.  1 12. 

6.  Thou  haft  inclin'd  this  heart  of  mine 
thy  Itatutes  to  fulfil  ; 

And  thus  till  mortal  life  fhall  end 
would  I  perform  thy  will. 


Psalm     CXIX,     Fourth  Part. 

Inflruftitn  from  Scripture* 

Ver.  9. 
OW  fhall  the  young  fecure  their  hearts. 


"H 


and  guard  their  li\es  from  liu  r 
Thy  word  the  choicelt  rules  impart 
to  keep  the  conscience  clean. 

Ver.  130. 

2.  When  once  it  enters  to  the  mind, 
it  fprcads  fuch  light  ahroad, 

The  meanclt  foul*  iultruclion  find, 
and  raiie  their  thoughts  to  God. 

Ver.  105. 

3.  *Tis  like  the  fun,  a  heav'nly  light, 
that  guides  us  all  the  day  j 

And  thro'  the  dangers  of  the  night, 
a  lamp  to  lead  our  way. 


P    5    A    L    M       Cxix  2JJ 

Ver.  09,  1 00. 

4.  The  men  that  keep  thy  iuw  with  care, 
and  meditate  thy  word, 

Grow  wiler  thar  their  teachers  are, 
and  better  hue  v  the  Lord. 

Ve  :\  104,  :  15. 

5.  Thy  preceptsm    \?  me  truly  wife  ; 
I  hate  the  {inner.   road  : 

I  hate  my  own  vain  .  (oughts  that  rile, 
but  love  thj  law,  oq     God* 

Ver.  So,  oo,  or. 

6.  [The  (lurry  ;1  -av 'ns  1       rule  t-bey, 
the  earth  maintains  lit    pUe  .  ; 

And  th^ie  thy  iejv   nrs  ni    hi  and  day 
thy  iKili  a^d  pow'r  txp  ?fs. 

7.  But  dill  thy  law  and  geipel,  Lord, 
have  Iciibiis  more  divine  : 

Not  earth  llanos  firmer  tha     thy  word, 
nor  ft*r  Co  nobiy  ihine.] 

Ver.  160,   140,  9,   116. 

8.  Thy  word  is  evtriafting  ti  ach  ; 
how  pure  is  e~/rv  page  ! 

That  holy  book  inall  guide  01  ir  youth, 
and  well  fuppcrt  our  age. 

P  ,s   a   l   m     CXIX.     Fifth  Fart. 

Delight  in  Scripture  ;  or,  The  Word  of  Cod  dwel- 
ling in  us. 

o 

Ver.  97. 
\f^\   HOW  I  love  thv  holy  law  ! 

V  /      'tis  daily  my  delight  ; 
And  thence  m\  medirations  draw 

divine  advice  bj  night, 


252  Psalm  cxix. 

Ver.  1.8. 

2.  My  waking  eyes  prevent  the  day 
to  meditate  thy  word  ; 

My  foul  with  longing  melts  away 
to  hear  thy  gofpel  Lord. 

Ver.  3,   13,   54. 

3.  How  doth  thy  word  my  heart  engage  I 
how  well  employ  my  tongue  ! 

And  in  my  tireibme  pilgrimage 
yields  ine  a  heav'nly  long. 

Ver.   19,   103, 

4.  Am  I  a  ft  ranger,  or  at  home, 
'tis  fry  perpetual  feaft  ; 

Not  honey  dropping  from  the  cotnj? 
(b  much  allures  the  t/.lte. 

Ver,  72,   127. 

5.  No  treafures  fo  eniich  the  mind  ; 
nor  fliall  thy  word  be  fold 

For  loads  of  filver  well-refin'd, 
Nor  heaps  of  choice!!:  gold. 

Ver    23,  49,    I7>. 
6<   When  nature  (inks  and  fpirits  droop, 

Thy  pro  miles  of  grace 
Are  pillars  to  fupport  my  hope, 

and  there  I  write  thy  praife. 

Psalm     CX1X.     Sixth  Part. 

Holhiefs  and  Comfort  from  the  Word* 

Ver.  128. 
ORD,  I  efleem  thy  judgements  right, 
and  all  thy  ftatutes  jult  ; 
Thence  I  maintain  a  conftant  fio;ht 
with  ev'ry  fiatt'iing  luft. 


T 


Psalm     cxix.  253 

Ver.  97,  9. 

2.  Thy  precepts  often  I  furvey  ; 
I  keep  thy  law  in  fight, 

Thro'  all  the  bufmefs  of  the  day, 
to  form  my  actions  right. 

Ver.  62. 

3.  My  heart  in  midnight  filence  cries, 
how  fweet  thy  comforts  be  ! 

My  thoughts  in  holy  wonder  rife, 
and  brine:  their  thanks'to  thee. 

t       ,  Ver.  162.     ' 

4.  And  when  my  fpirit  drinks  her  fill 
at  fome  good  word  of  thine, 

Not  mighty  men  that  (hare  the  (poll 
have  joys  compar'd  to  mine. 

Psalm     CXIX,     Seventh  Part. 

*     Itqperfeftion    of  Nature,    and  Perjefiion  of  ■ 
Scripture. 

Ver.  96.  paraphrafed. 

1.  1       ET  all  the  heathen  writers  join 
J j   to  form  one  perfect  book, 

Great  God,  if  once  com par'd  with  thine, 
how  mean  their  writings  look  i 

2.  Not  the  moll  perfect  rules  they  gave 
could  (hew  one  fin  forgiv'n, 

Nor  lead  a  ftep  beyond  the  grave  ; 
but  thine  conduct  to  hcav'n. 

3.  I've  feen  an  end   of  what  we  call 
perfeiftiou  here  below  ; 

How  ihort  the  pow'rs  of  nature  fall, 
and  can  no  farther  go. 

Aa 


2J4  Psalm    cxix. 

4.  Yet  men  would  fain  be  juit  with  God 
by  woiks  their  hands  have  wrought  ; 

But  thy  commands  exceeding  broad, 
extend  to  ev'ry  thought. 

5.  In  v.-'in  we  boalt  perfection  here, 
while  iin  dtfiles  our  frame, 

And  finks  our  virtues  down  fo  far, 
they  (carce  delerve  the  name. 

6.  Our  faith  and  love,  and  ev'ry  grace 
fall  far  below  thy  word  ; 

But  perfect,  truth  and  righteoufnefs 
dwell  only  with  the  Lord. 

Psalm  <?XIX.  Eighth  Part. 

The  word  of  God  is  the  Saint j  portion  ;  or, 
The  Excellency  and  variety   cj  Scripture, 

Ver.    1 1 1 .    paraphrafed, 
ORD  I  have  made  thy  word  my  choice; 
_j    my  lading  heritage  : 
There  mall  my  nobleft  pow'rs  rejoice, 
my  warmed  thoughts  engage. 

2.  I'll  read  the  hift'ries  of  thy  love, 
and  keep  thy  laws  in  fight, 

While  through  the  promises  I  rove 
with  ever- freih  delight. 

3.  'Tis  a  broad  land  of  wealth  unknown, 
where  fpringsof  life  arife, 

Seeds  of  immortal  blifs  are  fown, 
•     and  hidden  glory  lies 

4.  The  bed  relief  that  mourners  hare, 
it  makes  our  forrows  bled  ; 

Our  faireft  hope  beyond  the  grave, 
anjd  our  eternal  red. 


P   s   A    I    N      cxix.  255 

Psalm     CXI  \th   Par:. 

Dsfirt  of   1  r  fetching*   ;• 

Spi  td. 

Vcr.  64,  .63,  18. 

1.  K'pHY  mercies  fill  the  earth,  O  Lord, 

X      how  good  thy  works  appear! 
Open  mine  eyes  to  read  thy  word, 
and  fee  thy  wonders  there. 

Ver.    7:,    I2£. 

2,  My  heart  was  fldhioiied  oy  thy  hand, 
my  iervice  is  thy  due  : 

O  make  thy  fervant  onderflancl 
the  duties  he  mult  do. 

Ver.    T9. 
5.  Since  Tin  a  ftranoer  here  below, 

let  not  thy  path  be  hid  ; 
Eut  mark  the  road  my   feet  mould  go, 

and  be  my  conitant  guide. 

Ver.   26. 

4.  When  I  confefs  my  wand'ring  ways, 
then  beardft  my  foul  complain  ; 

Grant  me  tr.e  teachings  of  thy  grace, 
or  I  mail  it  ray  again. 

Ver.   22,  34. 

5.  If  God  to  me  his  itatutes  fhew, 
and  heavenly  truth  impart, 

His  work  for  ever  I'll  pur  foe, 
his  law  ihall  rule  my  heart. 

Vcr.  5c,  71! 

6.  This  was  my  comfort  when  I  bore 
variety  of  grief; 

It  made  me  learn  thy  word  the  more, 
and  fly  to  that  leiief. 
A  a  2 


2>6  P    S     A     L     M       C 

Ver.    SU 

7.  [ T  he  proud  deride  me  no 

;  i;'cr  forg  IW, 

Nor  let  that  I  go, 

win  nee  all  my  hopes  I  draw. 

27,  171. 

8.  When  I  have  learn'd  my  fath< 
I'll  tearh  the  world  i  i 

My  thankful  lips  infjiir'd  with  zeal 
fliall  loud  pronounce  his  praife.3 

Psalm    CXIX.     Tenth  Fart. 

Pleading  ths  / 

Ver.   38,   49. 
j.  TOEHOLD  thy  waking  (errant.  Lord, 
-  ;*  devoted  to  thy  fe 

Remember  and  confirm  thy  wore], 
for  all  my  hopes  are  there. 

Ver.  4r,  $%>  tct. 

2.  Ha  ft  thou  not  writ  falvation  down, 
and  promise  1  o 

Doth  not  my  heart  addrefs 

and  yet  thy  love  del: 

Ver.    12-5,    42 « 

3.  Mine  eyes  for  t\ 

O  hear  thy  ftrvani  op 

Kor  let  the  icoffiug  lips  prevail, 
who  dare  reproach  my  hope. 

Ver.  49, 

4.  Didft  thou  not  raift  my  raith,  OL( 
then  let  thy  truth  appear  ■ 

Saints  {hall  rejoice  in  my  1 
and  trull  as  well  as  ft 


Psalm     cxix.  257 

Psalm    CXIX.  Eleventh  Fart. 

Breathing  after  Hotinefs. 

Ver.    5,    3^. 
\.(~\  THAT  the  Lord  would  guide  my  ways 

V_y    to  keep  liis  flatutes  itill  ; 
O  that  my  God  would  grant  me  grace 

to  know  and  do  liis  will  ! 

Ver.   29. 

2.  O  fend  thy  (pirit  down  ro  write 
thy  law  upon  mv  heart ! 

Nor  let  niv  ton  cm e  indulge  deceit, 
nor  act  the  liar's  part. 

Ver.   :?,   36. 

3.  From  vanity  turn  oft  my  eyes  ? 
let  no  corrupt  defigp 

Nor  covetous  defire  arife 
within  this  foul  of  mine. 

Ver.    133. 

4.  Order  my  footfleps  by  thy  word, 
and  make  my  heart  lincere  ; 

Let  fin  have  110  dominion,  Lord, 
bat  keep  fifty  conicience  clear, 

Ver.   176, 

5.  My  Toy]  hath  gone  too  far  aflray,  , 
my  feet  too  often  flip  ; 

Yet  fiuce  I've  not  forgot  thy   way,  , 
Reicore  thy  wand'ring  ilieep. 

Ver.   35, 
5r  M&ke  me  to  walk  in  thy  commands,   . 

*tis  a  delightful  road  ;  . 
Kor  let  my  head,  or  heart,  or  hands, 
odciid  agaiuit  my  God. 
A  a  3 


2 $8  Psalm    cadx. 

,     Psalm     CX1X.  7  .     rfi 

Breathing  after  Comfcit  and  Deliverance* 

Ver.  155. 

1.  T^  yf  Y  God,  confider  my  difrrefs, 
i  VJL   ^et  mercy  plead  ray  cauie  ; 

Tho*  1  have  fiu'd  againft  thy  grace, 
1  can't  forget  thy  laws. 

Ver.   ^0,   1 16. 

2.  Forbid,  forbid  the  marp  reproach 
which  I  fojuilly   fear  j 

Uphold  my  life,  uphold  my  hopes, 
ttor  let  my  fhame  appear. 

Ver.   122,   J  35;. 

3.  Be  thou  a  furcty,  Lord  for  me, 
nor  let  the  proud  ojrp 

But  make  thy  waiting  fervant  fee 
the  minings  of  thy  face. 

Ver.   82. 

4.  My  eyes  with  expectation  fail, 
my  heart  within  me  cries, 

?.i  wHl  the  Lord  his  truth  fulfil, 
And  make  ??iy  comforts  rife  P 
Ver.   152. 

5.  Look  down  upon  my  for  rows,  Lord, 
ai:d  fhew  thy  grace   the  fame, 

As  thou  art  ever  wont  t'afford 
to  thofe  that  love  ihy  name. 

■  ■  ■      1    1      m 

Psalm    CXIX.     Thirteenth  Part. 

Holy  Fear  and  Tenderize f  of  Confciencc. 

Ver.    10.  [face, 

Z..  TT7ITH  my  whole  heart  I've  fought  thy 
VV    O  let  me  never  fl 


V  .  cxix«  259 

From  thy  commands,  O  God  of  grace, 
nor  tread  the  iinners  way  1 

Ver.    11. 

2.  Thy  word  I've  hid  nj  heart 

ep  my  confcience  clean, 
And  be  an  everlailins  <niard 
from  ev'ry    riiing  1111, 

$3,  15^. 

3.  I'm  a  companion  of  the  faints 
who  fear  and  love  the  Lord  ; 

My  forrows  rile,   my  nature  faints, 
wThen  men  tranigrefs  thy  word. 

Ver.    16  r,   16:. 

4.  While  ffnners  do  thy  gcfpel  wrong, 
my  fpirit  {lands  in  awe  ; 

My  foul  abhors  a  lying  tongue, 
but  loves  thy  righteous  law. 

Ver.   161,   120. 
[j  heart  with  facred  rev'rence  hears 
the  threatening*  of  thy  word  : 
Mv  flefh  with  holy  tremblino;  fears 
the  judgements  of  the  Lord. 

Ver.   166,    174. 
6.  My  God,  I  long,  I  nope,  I  wait 

for    thy  falvation  ftill  j 
While  thy  whole  law  is  my  delight, 

and  I  obev  thv  will. 


P   s    A    L    M     CXIX.      F:  s.ri. 

Benefit  of  AffitSioust   a   *  det  ihenu 

Ver.   1 5-,  Si,    \ 
I.  ^ONSIDER  all  mj  5,   Lord, 

V  j    and  thy   delrv*  I    lultj 

My  foul  for  thy  Pah  1  faints  j 

when,  will  m;    roubles  en <  1 


3<$0  P  S   A   I   M      CXIX* 

Ver.   71. 
3.  Yet  I  have  found,  'tis  good  for  me 

to  bear  my  father's  rod  ; 
Afflictions  make  me  learn  thy  law, 

and  live  upon  ray  God. 

Ver.   50. 

3.  This  is  the  comfort  I  enjoy 
when  new  diftrefs  begins, 

I  lead  thy  word,  I  run  thy  way, 
and  hate  my  former  fins. 

Ver.  92, 

4.  Had  not  thy  word  been  my  delight 
when  earthly  joys  were  fled, 

My  foul  opprelt  with  (arrow's  weight 
had  funk  amonglt  the  dekid. 

Ver.   57. 
J.  I  know  thy  judgments,  Lord,  arc   iight5 

tho'  they  may  feem  fevere  ; 
The  fharpeit  fufPrings  I  endure 

flow  from  thy  faithful  care. 

Ver.  67. 
6.   Before  T  knew  thy  chaii'ning  rod 

ray  feet  were  apt  to  ft  ray  ; 
But  now  (  iearn  to  keep  thy  word, 

nor  wander  from  thy  way. 

Psalm    CXIX.     Fifteenth   Part. 

He fy  Rcfo I ut ions .  - 

Ver.    9;. 
THAT  thy  itatutes  evVy  hour 
might  dwell  upon  my  mind  I 
Thence  I  deriye  a  quick 'uiitg  pow'r  ' 
and  daily  peace  1  iiud* 


Psalm     xtix.  .    261 

Ver.   15,   16. 

2.  To  meditate  thy  precepts,   Lord, 
(hall  be  my  fwcct  employ  5 

Mv  foul  fhall  n'er  forget  thy  word, 
thy  word  is  all  my  joy. 

Ver.    12. 

3.  How  would  I  run  in  thy  commands, 
if  thou  mv  heart  Hitch  urge 

From  fin  an  A  fat  an' s  hateful  chains, 
and  let  my  feet  at  large  ! 

Ver.    1?,   4$. 

4.  My  lips  with  courage  (hall  declare 
thy  rtatutes  and  thy  name  j 

I'll  fpeak  thy  word  tho1  kings  mould  hear, 
nor  yield  to  (Inful  (name. 

Ver.   61,   69,   70. 

5.  Let  bands  of  persecutors  rife 
to  rob  me  of  my  right, 

Let  pride  and  malice  forge  their  lyes, 
thy  lasvs  is  my  delight. 

Ver.  115. 

6.  Depart  from  me, -ye  wicded  race, 
whole  hands  and  hearts  jre  III  : 

I  love    my  Gcd,   I  love  his  ways, 
and  muft  obey  his  will. 


Psalm    CXIX.     Sixteenth    Part. 
Prayer  fr  Quickening  Grace, 

Ver.   25,   37. 

1.  ]V/TY  ^o:1^  ^es  cleavi  ig  to  the  dull* 
It'Jl    Lord,  give  me  life  divine  ; 

From  vain  d<  lires  and  ev'ry  hi  it 
turn  oft"  theie  eves  of  mine. 

2.  1  nerd  the  influence  of  thy  grace 
to  fpeed  u>e  in  thy  way, 


J 


2^2  P    S     A     L     M       ( 

Le(l  I  fhould  loiter  in  my  race, 
or  turn  my  feci  a  it  ray. 

Ver.    107. 
r.  WIi  en  lore  aMli^lioiis  pre  is  ?ne  down, 

I  need  thy  quick'nihg  pow'rsj 
Thy  word  that  I  have  relied  011 

fhallhelp  my  heaviefl  hours. 

Ver.  156,  40. 

4.  Are  not  thy  meicies  (oVereigs  flill  i 
and  thou  a  faithful  God  ? 

Wilt  thou  not  «rant  me  warmer  zeal 
to  turn  the  heav'nly  road  ? 

Ver.  159,  40. 

5.  Does  not  my  heart    thy  precepts  loVe, 
and  long  to  fee  thy  face  ? 

And  vet  how  flow  my  fpirits  move 
without  enliv'ning  grace  ! 

Ver.  93. 

6.  Then  fhall  1  love  thy  goipel  more, 
and  ne'er  forget  thy  word, 

When  I  have  felt  its  quickening  pow'r 
to -draw  me  near  the  Lord. 

Psalm    CXIX.     Seventeenth  Part. 

Courage  and  Perfeveranee  under  Pfrfecuthn  \  or, 
Grace  Jhining  in  Difficulties  and  Trials. 

Ver.    143,  i3. 
I.    TTjHEN  pain  and  augufhfeize  me  Lord, 

V  V     AH  my  fupport  is  from  thy  woid  : 
.]Vfy  f°^l  diftolres  for  hearineis, 
L^nold  me  with  thy  ilrength'ning  grace. 

Ver.    51,  09,    1  to. 
2     The  proud  have  fram*d  their  feoffs  and  lyes, 
They  watch  my  feet  with  envious  eyes, 


A    t    M        CXiX.  265 

And  tempt  my  foul  to  ftiares  and  fin, 
Yet  thy  commands  I  ne'er  decline. 

Wet.  161,  7?. 
;.   1  hey  bate  nve,  Lord,   without  a  caufe, 
They  liatc  to  fee  me  love  thy  laws  ; 
But  I  will  truft  and  fear  thj   name, 
Till  pride  and  m:\iice  die  with    /liame. 

P   s   a    l    :i      CXIX.     £.*/?    P<*#. 

$ahfii]y'J   jfffiiBionsi    or,   Delight  in  th*   JVvrd 
of  Cod. 

Ver.   67,   59. 

1.  T"1  ATHER,  I  blef>  thy  gentle  hand  ; 
J/     How  kind  was  thy  ch&irifiiig  rod, 

That  fore'd  mv  conieience  to  a  fland, 
And  brought  my  wand'ring  foul  to  God! 

2.  Foolifh  and  vain  I  went  a'tray 
Ere  1  had  lek  thy  fcourges,   Lord, 
I  left  my  guide,  and  loit  my  way, 
But  now  I  1  »ve  and  keep  thy  word. 

Ver.   71. 

3.  'Tis  good  for  me  lo  wear  'he  yoke. 
For  pride  is  r*pt  to  rife  aud  fwell  ; 
'Tis  good  to  hear  my  father's  it 
That  1  might  learn  his  (tatutes  aj«       , 

Ver.  72.       ,u 

4.  The  law  that  iftues  from  thy  ilnouth 
Shall  raife  my  chearful  paffions  more 
Then  all  the  treaiures  of  the  South, 
Or  Wejlern  hills  of  golden  ore. 

Ver.    73. 
<.  Thy  hands  have  made  my  mortal  frame? 
Thy  fpirit  fcrra'd  my  foul  within  ; 
Teach  me  to  know  thy  wond'rous  name, 
And  guard  me  fafe  from  death  and  fia, 


2  >4  r    S    A     L    M      CX1X. 

Ver.    74. 
6.  Then  all  that  love  and  fear  the  Lord 
At  mv  falvation  (hall  rejoice  ; 
For  1   have  hoped  in  thv  wordy 
And  ma.  my  only  choice. 

P  s  ,  XX. 

lib  ours  ;  or,  a  devout 

\     /'  ,.    j  ( 

1.  r  1  >HOU  God  of  love,  thou  ever-bleft, 

J^         pity  my  fufi*iing  (late  ; 
When  wilt  thou  let  my  foul  at  reft 
from  lips  that  love  deceit. 

2.  Hard  lot  of  mine  ?   mv  days  are  call 
among  the  fons  of  ft  rife, 

Whole  never-ceafin<j brawling  wafte 
my  golden  hours  of  life. 

3  O  might  I  fly  to  change  my  place, 
how   would  I  cliule  to  dwell 

In  iome  wide  lonefbme  wildernefs, 
and  leave  thele  gates  of  hell  ! 

4.   Peace  i*  the  hleffing  that  I  leek, 

how  lovely  are  its  charts  ! 
I  am  for  j»eace ;    but  when  I  (peak, 

they  aflfBlure  for  arms. 


5.  N  jjjfl        ^^5  ftill  their  foul  engage, 
an  ^     ,      Hpir  malice  ftrong  : 

What  (hall  be  dove  to  curb  thy  rajre. 
O  thou  devouring  tongue  ! 

6.  Should    burning  arrows  fmite  thee  thro*, 
lei  ict  juftice  would  approve; 

But  1  had  rather  fpare  my  foe, 
and  melt  his  heart  with  love. 

I  hope    the   tranfpofition  of    feveral  verfes  ofth« 
disadvantage    to   this  im  ration  of  if.      Nor    w\ 

ind  C.urity  it  the  end,  render  it  lefs  asreeao;e  to  (. 


Psalm     cxxi.  26c 

Psalm     CXXI.     Long  Metre, 

Divine  Protcfrion, 

I.  T  TP  to  the  hills  I  lift  mine  eyes, 

\^J    Th'  eternal  hills  beyond  the  ikies  ; 
Thence  all  her  hcl|>  my  foul  derives  ; 
There  my  Almighty  refuge  lives. 

2-   He  lives  ;  the  everlalting  God, 
That  built  the  world,  that  fpread  the  flood  - 
The  heav'ns  with  all  their  hofts  he  made 
And  the  dark  regions  of  the  dead. 

p.  He  guides  our  feet,  .he  guards  our  way  • 
His  morning  fmiles  bleis  all  the  day  ;        '    ' 
He  fpreads  the  ev'ning  veil,   and  keeps 
The  filent  hour  while  j^rV/fleeps. 

4.   1fr%cl>   a  name  divinely  bleft 
May  rife  fecure,   fecurely  reft  / 
Thy  holy  guardian's  wakeful  eves 
Admit  no  ilumber  i\or  furpriie. *      ' 

5;   No  fun  (hall  finite  thy  head  by  day 
Nor  the  pale  moon  with  fickly  ray        ' 
Shall  Had  thy  couch  :   no  baleful  itar 
Dart  his  malignant  fire  fo  far. 

Lu\V^\r:h  "^  5*"  V:hh  '**&*  burn 
Still  thou  (halt  Go  and  Hill  return  ' 

Safe  m  the  Lor*  a  Kis  heav'nlv  care 

Defenos  thy  life  from  evVy  fnare. 

*  I'  ?U  X]]eC  fou1  CVirits  h*ve  no  cowV  ■ 
And  in  thy  Lift  departing  hour/  ' 

Angels,   that  trace  the  airy  road, 

Shall  bear  thee  homeward  to  thy  God, 

Sec  the  Notes  on  P^ImxK. 

Bb 


266  P    s    a    l    m      c;:\i. 

Psal  m      CXXI.      Common  Metre. 
Prej  by  Day  and  Night \ 

1.  r  «  ^O  Heav'n  I  lift  my  waiting  eves, 

X        there  all  my  hopes  are  lai 
The  Lord  that  built  the  eaith  and  jkics 
is  my  perpetual  aid. 

2.  Their  feet  mall  never  fiide  to  fall, 
whom  lie  defigus  to  keep  ; 

His  ear  attends  the  ibftelt  call, 
his  eyes  can  never  ileep. 

3.  He  will  fuftain  our  weakefl:  pewVs 
with  his  Almighty  arm, 

And  watch  our  molt  unguarded  hours 
againft  furprifing  harm. 

4.  Ifr'el,  rejoice  and  red  fecure, 
the  keeper  is  the  Lord, 

His  wakeful  eyes  employ  his  pow'r 
fo^  thine  eternal  guard. 

5.  Nor  fcorching  fun,  nor  fiekly  moon, 
{hall  have  his  leave  to  fmite  ; 

He  mi  elds  thy  head  from  burning  noon, 
from  blading  damps  at  night. 

6.  He  guards  thy  foul,  he  keeps  thy  breath, 
where  thickeft  dangers  come; 

Go  and  return,  fecure  from  death, 
'till  God  commands  thee  home.        , 

Psalm    CXXI.      as  the  148th  Pfalra. 

Cod  our  Prcfervcr. 

I.  T  TPWARD  I  lift  mine  eyes, 
%^J      From  God  is  all  my  aid  ; 
The  God  that  built  the  fkies, 
And  earth  and  nature  made  ; 


r   s    a    l    M     ex:::,  cxx3i, 

God  is  the  to.\  'r 
To  which  I  ( 
His    ■  nj  gh 

In  ev'rv  hour. 

:.    My  feet  IhaH  never  flide 

Since  God  mv  guard  and  £iuide 
Defends  me  from  my  fears. 

Thofe  wakeful  eyes 

Tiiat  never  fleep 

Shall  I/r'e/  k 

When  dangers  rife. 

3.  No  burning  heats  by  day, 
Nor  blafts  of  ev'ning  air 
Siiall  take  my  health  away; 
If  God  be  with  me  there  : 

Thou  art  my  fun, 
And  thou  my  fhade, 
To  guard  my  head 
By  night  or  noon, 

4.  Haft  thou  nobgive-n  thy  word 
To  fave  my  foul  from  death  f 
And  1  can  truii  my  Lord 

To  keep  my  mortal  breath  ; 
I'll  go  and  come, 
Nor  fear  to  die, 
'Till  from  on  hio-h 
Thou  call  me  home. 


267 


P   s   a  l  m     CXXIL     Common  Metre. 
Coin?  to  Church., 

o 

i.T  TOW   did  my  heart  rejoice  to  hear 
Jl   JL      rny  friends  devoutly  fay, 

In  Zion  let  us  all  appear, 
and  keep  the  foUmn  day  J 


2^8  Psalm     cxxii. 

2.  I  love  her  gnte%   I  love  tlie  road  ; 
the  church  adoru'd  with  ^ace 

Stands  like  a  palace  hnilt  for  God 
to  (hew  his  milder  face. 

3.  Up  to  her  courts  with  joys  unknown 
the  holy  tribes  repnir  ! 

The  fou  of  David  holds  his  throne, 
and  fits  in  judgment  there. 

4.  He  hears  our  prajfesand  complaints; 
and  while  his  awful  voice 

Divides  the  tinners  from  the  faints, 
we  tremble  and  rejoice. 

5.  Peace  he  within  this  fjcred  place, 
ant]  joy  a  con  ft  ant  j>uelt  1 

With  holy  j>ifts  and  heav'nly  grace 
be  her  attendants  bleU  ! 

6.  My  foul  (hall  pray  for  TLhn  ft  ill, 
while  life  or  breath  remains  ; 

There  my  belt  friends,   my  kindred  dwell, 
there  G.  d  my   Saviour  reigns. 


Psalm     CXXII.     Proper  Tune. 

Gohis  to  Church, 

I*  TT  O  W  pleas'd  and  Meft  was  I 
\  \      To  hear  the  people  try, 

Come,  let  us  feck  6xr  Cod  to  day  ? 

Yes,   with  a  chc  11  fuJ  zeal, 

We  hatle  to  Zhfi'*  hill, 
And  there  our  vows  a'>d  honours  pay. 

2-  YJoiiy  thrice,  happv  place, 
Adorn'd  with  wond'rous  grace, 

And  wails  of  ilrenoth  embrace  thee  round  ; 

o 

In  thee  our  tribes  app 

To  pray,   and  praife,   and  hear 
The  facred  goipel's  joyful  fotuicl 


Psalm     cxxii,   cxxiii.  269 

3.  There  David's  greater  lbn 
Has  fix'd  his  royal  throne, 

He  firs  for  grace  and  judgment  there  ; 

He  bids  the  faint  be  glad, 

He  makes  the  (inner  fad, 
And  humble  fouls  rejoice  with  fear. 

4.  May  peace  attend  thy  gate, 
/ind  joy  within  thee  wait 

To  bleis  the  foul  of  evVy  gueft  ! 

The  man  that  feeks  thy  peace, 

And  willies  thine  encreafe, 
A  thousand  blerlings  on  him  reft  ! 

5.  My  tongue  repeats  her  vows, 
Peace  to  this  J acre J  houfe  ! 

For  there  my  friends  and  kindred  dwell  : 

And  fince  mv  glorious  God 

Makes  thee  his  bletl  abode, 
My  foul  fhall  ever  love  thee  well. 

Repeat  the  4th  fUnza  to  compleat  the  Tune. 

P   S   A   L    k     CXXIII. 

Pleading  with  SubmiJJlon. 

1.  y^V  THOU  whole  grace  and  jultice  reiga 
\Jf      inthron'd  above  the  ILies, 

To  tiiee  our  beam    would  tell  their  pain, 
to  thee  we  lift  our  eyes. 

2.  As  iervants  wratch  their  mailer's  hand, 
and  fear  the  angry  itroke  ; 

Or  maids  before  their  miitrefs  Rand, 
and  wait  a  peaceful  look  ; 

3.  So  for  our  (Ins  vse  jultly  feel 
thy  difcipline,  O  God  ; 

Yet  wait  the  gracious  moment  frilly 
'iiii  thosv  lemove  thy  rod. 
B  b   ; 


270  Psalm    exxiii, 

4.  Thofe  that  in  wealih  and  pleafure  live, 
our  dailv  grpaus  deride, 

And  t'ie  delays  af  mercy  give 
frefh  courage  to  t'icir  pride. 

5.  Our  foes  in  (bit  us,  but  our  hope 
in  thy  companion  lies  ; 

This  thought  (hall  bear  our  fphits  up, 
that  God  will  not  defpife. 


Psalm     CXXIV. 

A  Song  for  the  $tt>  of  November. 

J.  T  TAD  not  the  Lord,   may   Jfr'e/  fay, 

.11  Had  not  the  Lord  maintain'd  our  fide, 
When  men,  to  make  our  lives  a  prey, 
Role  like  the  fwelling  of  the  tide  5 

2.  The  fwelling  tide  had  ft  opt  our  breath, 
So  fiercely  did  the  waters  roll. 

We  hw.d  been  fwallow'd  deep  in  death  ; 
Proud  waters  had  o'erwheim'd  out  foul. 

3.  We  leap  for  joy,  we  fhout  and  fing, 
Who  jutt  efeap'd  the  fatal  ltroke  -, 

So  flies  the  bird  with  ch earful  wing, 
When  once  the  fowler's  lhare  is  broke. 

4.  Forever  blelTed  be  the  Lord, 
Wh^  br  >ke  the  fowler's  curfed  fnare, 
Who  faVd  us  from  the  murd'ring  fword, 
And  made  our  lives  and  fouls  his  care. 

5.  Our  help  is  in  Jehcvah's  name, 

Wtio  form'd  the  earth,   and  built  the  ikies  ; 
JL  that  upholds  that  wond'rous  frame, 
Guards  his  o*va  charch  with  watchful  eyes, 


P    S     A     I.     M  CXXV.  2^1 

P   s   a   l   M  CXXV.  Commora  Metre- 
The  Saints  Trial  and  Safety. 

1.  T  TNSHAKEN  as  the  facred  hill, 
\^J    and  firm  as  mountains  be, 

Finn  as  a  rock  the  foul  (hall  relt 
that  leans,   O  Lord,  on  thee. 

2.  Not  walls  nor  hills  could  guard  fo  well 
old  Salem 's  happy  ground, 

As  thole  eternal  arms  of  love 
that  ev*ry  faint  fui  round. 

3.  While  tyra-nts  are  a  fmarting  fcourgc 
to  drive  them  near  to  God, 

Divine  companion  does  allay 
the  fury  of  the  rod. 

4.  Deal  gently,   Lord,  with  fouls  fin  cere, 
and  lead  them  lately  on 

1  o  the  bright  gates  of  paradife, 
where  Chrijt  their  Lord  is  gone, 

5.  But  if  we  trace  thole  crooked  ways 
that  the  old  ferpent  drew, 

The  wrath  that  drove  him  firit  to  hell 
fhail  (mite  his  followers  too. 

Psalm      CXXV.     Short  Metre. 

The  SairJs  Trial  and  Safety  ;  or,  Moderated  Af 
ficliens. 

1.  T7*1RM  and  unmov'd  are  they 
J7     tnat  reft  their  fouls  on  God  ; 

Firm  as  the  mount  where  David  dwelt, 
or  where  the  ark  abode. 

2.  As  mountains  flood  to  guard 
the  city's  fa c red  ground, 


27^  Psalm     cxxv,  cxxvi. 

So  God  and  his  Almighty  love 
embrace  his  faints  around. 

3.  What  tho'  the   father's  rod 
dropt  a  chaltifiiig  flroke, 

Yet  left  it  wounds  their  fouls  too  doep, 
its  fury  mall  be   broke. 

4.  Deal  gently,   Lord,  with  thole 
whole  faith  and  pious  fear, 

Whofr  hope,  and  love,  and  ev'ry  grace, 
proclaim  their  hearts  iiucere. 

5.  Nor  (hall  the  tyrant's  rage 
too  long  oppreis  the  laint  ; 

The  God  of  lfrel  will  i up port 
his  children  leii:  they  faint. 

6.  But  if  our  ilavifh  fear 
will  chufe  the  road  to  hell, 

We  mult  expect  our  portion  there, 
where  bolder  fmners  dwell. 

The  lair //rf«z*  of  this  metre   more  clearly  expreffes  rJ 

fenfe  of  tlie  pfalmiitin  this  place. 


P   s   A   l   M     CXXVI.     Long  Metre. 
S  urp  rifing  Deliver  an  c  g . 
7  HEN  God  reiior'd  our  captive    Mate, 


Jov  was  our  long,  and  grace  our  theme ; 
The  grace  beyond  our  hope  i^  grea-Tj 

That  joy  appealed  a  painted'  dream. 

2.  The  fcoffer  owns  thy  hand,  and  pays 
Unwilling  honour.!  to  thy  name  ; 
While  we  with  pleajfure  ihaxiX  thy  praife, 
With  chearful  notes  thy  love  proclaim. 

3.  When  we  review  oar  difmal  fears, 
f was  hard  co  think  they'd  vanilh  L\> ; 


P  s  a  L  M      cxxri.  27 j 

With  God  we  left  our  flowing  tears. 
He  makes  our  joyes  like  rivers  flow. 

4.   The  man  that  in  his  furrowed  field 
His  fcatter'd  feed  with  fuluefs  leaves, 
Will  fhout  to  fee  the  haired  vield 
A  welcome  load  of  joyful  (heaves. 

Psalm    CXXVI.    Common  Metre. 

The    Joy  of  a  rtmakatfe   Converfion ;    or,  Me* 
(ancholy    remove  J. 

iTT~HENGod  reveaFd  his   gracious  name, 
\  V     and  changed  my  mournful  itate, 

My  rapture  feem'd  a  pleaiing  dream, 
the  grace  appear'd  lb  great* 

2.  The  world  beheld  the  glorious  change, 
and  did  thy  hand  coufefs  ; 

My  tongue  broke  out  in  unknown  (trains, 
and  fung  furprifing  grace. 

3.  Great  is  the  work,  my  neighbours  cry'd, 
and  own'd  thy  pow'r  divine  ; 

Great  is  ihe  work,  my  heart  replv'd, 

and be  the  glory  thine, 

4.  The  Lord  can  clear  the  darkeft  fkie5<, 
can  give  us  day  for  night  ; 

Make  drops  of  facred  forrow  rife 
tc  rivers  of  delight. 

5.  Let  thofe  that  fow  in  fadnefs  wait 
'till  l he  lair  harveit  come, 

They  {hall  confels  their  (heaves  are  great,, 
aiul  Ihout  the  blefimgs  home. 

6.  Tho'  feed  lie  bury'd  long  in  duft, 
it  (han't  deceive  their  hope, 

The  precious  grain  can  ne'er  be  loft> 
for  grace  iaiiures  the  crop. 


^74  P  s  a   t  :.i      cxwii. 

Psalm      CXXVII.  Long  Metre. 

The    Blejpnp  cf  Col   on  the    Bufincfs    and  Con- 
forts  of  Life 4 

1.  TFG'hI  frtcceed  not,   all  the  cofl , 

i.    And  pains  ta  build  the  houfe  arc  'oil  ; 
If  God  the  city  will  net  keep, 
The  watchful  guards  as  well  may  fleep. 

2.  What  if  you  rife  before  the  fun, 
And  work  and  toil  when  day  is  done, 
Careful  and  (paring  e.tt  yonr  bread, 
To  fhun  that  poverty  you  dread. 

3.  'Tis  all  in  vain,  till  Gol)  hath  bleft  ; 
He  can  make  rich,  yet  give  usrft; 
Children  and  and  friends  are  bleffings  too, 
If  God  our  fov'retgn  make  them  fo. 

4.  Happy    he  man  to  whom  he  fends, 
Obedient  children,  faithful  friends: 
How  fweet  our  daily  comforts  prove 
When  they  are  feafon'd  with  his  love  ! 

Psalm     C XX  VII.  Common  Metre. 
Cod  all  in  all. 
F  God  to  build  the  houfe  deny, 


I.  TFG 
1th 


le  builders  work  in  vain, 
And  towns,   without  his  wakeful  eye, 
an  ufelefs  watch  maintain, 

2.  Before  the  morning-beams  arife, 
your  gainful    work  renew, 

And  till  the  tl  irs  afceod  the  fkies, 
your  tirefome  toil   puifue. 

3.  Short  be  your  deep,  and   coarfe  your  fare  ; 
in  vain,   'till  God  has  Weft  ; 

But  if  his  finiles  itrend  your  care, 
you  mall  have  food  and  reil. 


27 >  1     s    A    7-    M      cxxvni,   CXX1X. 

4,   Nor  children,   relatives,   nor  friends, 

(hall  re.\l  blc^iiigs  n. 
Nor  all  the  earthlj    j  ns  he   fends, 

if  fenr  without  11  is  love. 


P  s  a  1   m    CXXVI.I. 

Family  B/cJJTngs. 

HAPPY   man,  wbofe  foul  is  filled 
with  zeal  and  revVent  awe  ! 
His  lips  to  God  Uie-ir  honours  }ield, 
his  life  adorns  liie  law. 

2*   A  careful  piovidence  fhall  fiand 

and  ever  guard  thy  head, 
Shall  on  the  labours  of  thy  hand 

its  kindly    bleflings  fhed. 

3.  Thy  wife  fliall  be  a  fruitful  vine  ; 
the  children  round  thy  board, 

Each  like  a  plane  of  honoui  (bine, 
and  learn  to  fear  the  Lord. 

4.  The  Lord  fliall  thy  bed  hopes  fulfil 
for  months  and  >  eai  s  to  conic  ; 

The  Lord,  who  dwells  on  Lions  hill, 
fliall  fend  the  bleffings  home. 

5.  This  is  the  man  who!'-  happy  eyes 
fliall  fee  his  houie  enci  eaie, 

Shall  lee  the  finking  church  aiife, 
then  leave  the  v.oi  id  in  peace. 


Psalm    CXXIX. 

P erf? outers  punifhed. 

I.T  TP    from  n  v  pouth,  nvav    IjYel  fay, 

^)    have  f  been  niirs'd  in  tears  ; 
My  griefs  were  c  nft   nt  as  the  day, 
and  tedious  as  the   years. 


2  7&  P    S    A    L    M     rxiT. 

2    Up  from  mv  youth    I  bore  the  rage 

1  !l  the  ibos  of   ftrife  ; 
O'r  they  aifail'd  my  riper  age, 

but  Dot  deitroy'd  my  lire. 

3.  Their  cruel  plow  had  torn  my  (lefh  ; 
with  furrows  Ion?,  and  deep, 

Hourly  they  vex'd  my   wounds  afrefh; 
nor  let  my  furrows  flcrep. 

4.  The  Lord  grew  angry  011  his  throne, 
and  with  impartial  eye 

Mtafui'd  the  milchiefs  they  had  done, 
and  let  his  arrows  ily 

5.  How  was  their infdence  furpris'd, 
to  hear  liis  thunders  roll  ! 

And  all  the  foes  of  Sion  feiz.'d 
with  horror  to  the  foul. 

6.  Thus  (hall  the  men  that  hate  the  faints 
be  Mailed  from  the  iky  ; 

Their  glory  fades,   their  courage  faints, 
and  all  their  projt  els  die. 

7.  [What  thp'  they  flourifh  tall  and  fair, 
they  have  no  root  beneath  : 

Their  growth  (hall  perifh  in  defpair, 
and  lie  defpis'd  in  death.] 

8.  [So  corn  that  on  the  houfe  top  /lands 
no  hope  oi%  hir\eft  gives  ; 

The  reaper   ne'r  mall  fill  l»i^  hands, 
nor  binder  fold  the  (heaves.]] 

o.    If  fprinjrs  and  withers  on  the  place  : 

no  traveller  bellows 
A  word   of  bl^fTiiiiv  on  the  graft, 

nor  minds  it  as  he  ooes. 


Psalm     cxxx. 


277 


P  s  a   l    M     CXXX.     Common  Metre. 
Pardoning  Cta-cc* 
X.  r\UT  of  the  deeps  of  long  dillrefs, 

\<J      the  borders  of  de {pair, 
I  Dnt  my  cries  to  feek  thy  grace, 
my  groans  to  move  thiae  ear. 

2.  Great  God,  mould  thy  feverer  eye, 
and  thine  impartial  hand, 

Mark  and  revenge  iniquity, 
no  mortal  iiefh  cou'd  (land. 

3.  But  there  are  pardons  with  my  God 
for  crimes  of  high  degree, 

Thy  fon  has  bought  them  with   his  bloody 
to  draw  us  near  to  thee. 

4.  [I  wait   for  tbv  falvation,   Lord, 
with  (trong  deiires  I  wait  ; 

My  foul,  invited  by  thy  word, 
Hands  watching  at  thy  gate.] 

5.  CJuft  ns  *ke  £"uards  tli at  keep  the  night 
long  for  the  morning  /kies, 

Watch  the  fir  it  beams   ot   breaking  IWht, 
and  meet  them  with  their  eyes  : 

6.  So  waits  my  foul  to  fee  tiiy  grace, 
and  more  intent  than  thev, 

Meets  the  firlt  openings  of  thy  face, 
and  finds    a  brighter  dav.] 

7.  "Then  in    the  Lord  if  t    Ifr'el  truft, 
let  Jfrel  feek  his  face  ; 

The  Lord  is  good  as  well  as   juft, 
and   plenteous  is  his  grace. 

8.  There's  fV.l  redemption  at  his  throne 
£or  finners  long  enfjav'd  ; 

The  great  Redeemer  is  his  fon, 
and  //~r>/fhall  be  fav'd.] 
C   c 


2J%  P   S   A    L  M    CXXX,    CX2IX1. 

P  s  a   l   m    CXXX.     Long  Metre. 

Par  do  n't  tig  Grace, 

r  •TT^  ROM  deep  diftrefs  and  troubled  thou ohts> 

\^     To  thee,  my  God,  I  rais'd  my  cries ; 
If  thou  feverely  mark  our  faults, 
No  flefh  can  ftand  before  thine  eyes. 

2.  But  thou  haft  built  thy  throne  of  grace, 
Free  todifpenfe  thy  pardons  there, 

That  finners  may  approach  thy  face, 
And  hope  and  love,  as  well  as  fear. 

3.  As  the  benighted  pilgrims  wait, 
And  long  and  wifh  for  breaking  day, 
So  waits  my  fbul  before  thy  gate  ; 
When  will  my  God  his  face  difplay  ? 

4.  My  truft  is  fix'd  upon  thy  word, 
Nor  (hall  I  trull  thy  word  in  vain  ; 
Let  mourning  fouls  addrefs  the  Lord, 
And  find  relief  from  all  their  pain. 

5.  Great  is  his  love,  and  large  his  grace, 
Thro'  the  redemption  of  his  fon  : 

He  turns  our  feet   from  finful  ways, 
And  pardons  what  our  hands  have  done. 

Psalm     CXXXL 
Humility  and  SubvvJJion. 

X.TS  there  ambition  in  my  heart, 
X     fearch,  gracious  God,  and  fee  : 

Or  do  I  act  a  haughty  part  \ 
Lord,  I  appeal  to  thee. 

a.  I  charge  my  thoughts,  be  humble  ilill^ 

and  all  my  carriage  mild, 
Content,  ray  father,  witk  thjr  will, 

and  quiet  as  aclild. 


Psalm     xxxii.  279 

3.  The  patient  foul,  the  lowly  mind, 
(hall  have  a  large  reward  ; 

Let  faints  in  forrotvlie  refign'd, 
and  truft  a  faithful  Lord. 

Psalm  CXXXII.  5,  13—18.  Long  Metre. 

At  the  Settlement   of  a   Church  ;   or,    the  Ordina- 
tion of  a  M'tnijler. 
IT  T  7  HERE  (hall  we  go  to  ieek  and  find 

VV     An  habitation  for  our  God, 
A  dwelling  for  th'  eternal  mind, 
Amongil  the  ions  of  flefh  and  blood  i 

2.  The  God  of  Jacob  chofe  the  hill 
Of  Zion  for  his  ancient  reir  ; 
And  Zion  is  his  dwelling  ftill, 
His  church  is  with  his  prefencebleft. 

2.   Here  will  1  fix  mv  oracious  throne, 
And  reign  for  ever,  laith  the  Lord  ; 
Here  ihall  my  pow'r  and  love  be  .known, 
And  bleflings  (hall  attend  my  word. 

4.  Here  will  I  meet  the  hungry  poor, 
And  fill   their  fouls  with  living  bread  ; 
Sinners  that  wait  before  my  door, 
With  fweet  provifion  ihall  be  fed. 

5.  Girded  with  truth,  and  cloth'd  with  grace, 
My    prieits,  my  ministers  Ihall  fhine  : 

Not  Aaron,  in  his  coitly  drefs, 
Made  an  appearance  fo  divine. 

6.  The  faints,  unable  to  contain 

Their  inward  joys,  ihall  fbout  and  fing  j 
The  fon  of  David  here  (hall  reign, 
And  2,ion  triumph  in    her  king. 

!•   \Jsfus  (hall  fee  a  numerous  feed 
Born  here,  r  uphold  his  glorious  name  ; 
C  c  2 


28o  F   S   A    I    M      cxxxii. 

His  crown  fiiall  flourifh  on  his  head, 
Wiiile  all  his  foes  are  clotlfd  with  fhame.} 

P   s   a   l   M      CXXX.I.     4,    s>  7>  8,  15— 17. 
Common  Metre. 

A  Church  e(labiijhad. 

j  [\  TO  fleepnor  ilumber  to  his  eyes 

1^1       good  David  would  afford, 
'Till  he  had  found   below  the  ikies 
a  dwelling  for  the  Lord. 

2.  The  Lord  in  TJon  placM   his  name, 
his    ark  was  fettled  there  ; 

To  TJon  the  whole  nation  came, 
to  worfhip  tii rice  a  year. 

3.  But  we  have  110  fuch  lengths  to  go, 
nor  wander  far  abroad  ; 

Wheie  e'er  thy  faints  alienable  now, 
there  is  a  houie  for  God."] 

Pause. 

4.  Ariie,  O  King  of  grace,  arife. 
and  enter  to  thy  reit  : 

Lo  !  thy  church  waits  with  longing  eyes, 
thus  to  he  own'd  and  bleft. 

j.   Enter  with  all  thy  glorious  train, 

thy  fpirit  and  thy  word  ; 
All  that  the  ark  did  once  contain 

could  no  fuch  grace  afford. 

6.  Here,  mighty  Goc\,  accept  our  vows, 
here  let  thy  prarfe  be  fpread  ; 

Blefs  the  propitious  of  thy  houfe, 
and  fill  thy  poor  v\ith  bread. 

7.  Here  let  the  for.  of  D«vid  reign, 
lut  God's  anointed  lhine  ; 


P   s   A    L   m    cjtxxii,   cx^xxiii.  2S1 

Juftice  and  truth  his  court  maintain, 
with  love  and  povv'r  ilivine. 

8.   Here  let  him  hold  a  lading  throne  ; 

and  as  his  kingdom  grows, 
Frefh  honours  mall  adorn  his  crown, 

and  fliame  confound  Ms  toes. 

The   Settlement  •/  tie  ark  m  Zien,  is  a  fair  type  of  the  d\. 
#/  ihriji  in  r.i   du      .    .  t   .  I    j  t  :      .  ;  tA  thispfalxn  i.i  bbiii 
metre*,  on  i  .   fes  .t_f.  ne^eiTarv  to  this  fenle. 

S.ini  1  2.    J  E|tf  children  jpfear 

leme  the  lorn,  ccc.  Ekcc.    kxh     .  -_. 

■ 
thcr-  •■;,  M.::h.  xvai.    20.      T-.. 

dd,  thr  church,    &c.    1  T:m.  u\.   rj. 

Psalm  CXXX11I.  Commom  Metre. 
Brotherly  Love. 

1.  T      O  !   what  an  entertaining  fight, 
J j    are  brethren  that  agree  -, 

Brethren  whole  cncarful  hearts  unite 
in  bands  of  piety  I 

2.  When  dreams  of  love  from  Chrift  the  fpring 
defcend  to  e\rry  foul, 

And  heav'nlv  peace,   with  balmy  wino-^ 
lhades  and  bedews  the  whole  : 

3.  Tis  like  the  oil  divinely  fweet 
On  Arsons  revere  ud  bead  ; 

The  trickling  drops  perfurrfd  his  feet> 
and  o'er  his  garments  fpread. 

4.  'Tis  pleafant  as  the  morning~dew$ 
that  fall  on  Si  on*  s  hill, 

Where  God  his  mildeit  £;lory  fhrvvs, 
ami  wakes  his  grace  diftii. 
Cc  3 


2S2  Psalm     cxxxiii. 

Psalm     CXXXIII.      Short  Metre. 

Communion  oj  Saints  :  or,  Loxn  and  IVorJlnp   in 
a    Fa  fatly . 

!•  "OEST*  ar^  Ac  fon-s  of  peace, 

Kj   whole  hearts  and  hopes  are  one  ; 
Whofe  kind  defigns  to  ftrve  and  pleaie, 
thro*  all  tlieir  actions  run. 

2.  Eleit  is  the  pious  houfe 

where  zeal  and  friendihip  meet,  t 

Their  fongs  of  praife,  their  mingled  vows 
make  their  communion  iweet. 

3.  Thus  when  on  Aaron's  head 
they  pour'd  their  rich  perfume, 

The  oil  thro*  all  his  raiment  fpread, 

and  pleaftxre  fill'd  the  room. 
■** 

4.  Thus  on  the  heav'nly  hills 
the  faints  are  bleit  above, 

Where  joy  like  morning  dews  diftils, 
and  all  the  air  is  love. 

Psalm    CXXXIII.  as  the  i2zd  Pfalm. 

The  3/eJJings  oj  Friendfliip. 

1.  T  TOW  pleafant  'tis  to  lee 
JsX  Kindred  and  friends  agree, 

Each  Hi  their  proper  itation  move, 

And  each  fulfill  their  part 

With  iy m p  it hiziug  heart, 
In  all  the  cares  of  life  and  love  ! 

2.  'Tis  like  the  ointment  fried 
Ox  Aaron's  facred  head, 

Divinely  rich,  divinely  1'weet  ; 

The  oil,  thro*  all  the  room 

Difius'd  a  choife  pert u me, 
Ran  thro'  his  robes,  and  bleit  his  feet. 


Psalm 


cxxxin,  cx.xxiv. 


aS3 


J.   Like  fruitful  (how'rs  of  rain, 

That  water  all  the  plain, 
Descending  from  the  ueighb'ring  hills  j 

Such  It  reams  of  pleafnre  ioil 

Thcp1  ev'ry  friendly  foul, 
Where  love  like  heav'nlv  dews  c'iitils. 
Repeat  the  Srlt  ftaaza  to  - 


Psalm   CXXXIV. 
Daily  and  Nightly  Devotion. 

1.  ATE  that  obey  th' immortal  King. 

\      attend  his  holy  place, 
Bow  to  the  glories  of  his  pow'r, 
and  blefs  his  wond'rous  grace. 

2.  Lift  up  your  hands  by  morning  lights 
and  fend  your  iouls  on  high  ; 

Raife  your  admiring  thoughts  bv  nio-ht 
above  the  itarry  Iky. 

3.  The  God  of  Tjon  chears  our  hearts 
with  rays  of  quickening  grace; 

The  God  that  fpread  the  heav'ns  abroad, 
and  rules  the  fwelling  feas. 

This  pfalm,  frith  fe\  eral  others  rear  it,  ic  called  a  fimg  cf  dc* 
£rees,  i.  e.  to  be  fung  on  the  ireps  afcenci.:g  to  the   taber.. 
tempie   as  the  learned  fuppofe  :  t  ,-.is  attcufai:t>   fung 

the  two  rirft  verfes,  addre  fling  1  hemic  Ives  to  the  Levitt;  thai  Wept 
the  houfe  of  the  Lord;   and  the  third  verie  is  the  refpvttfc  of  the 
fa  the  b*f.     There  was  a  neceifity  of  changing  the  10/ m 
of  this  pfalm,  to  fuit  it  to  oar  ufual  Ckpjiian  worfhip. 


Psalm    CXXXV.   1  —  4,   14,  10—21. 

Fir/1  Part.     Long  Metre. 

The  Church  is  GocTs  Houfs  and  C*re. 

J.TQRAISE  >e  the  Lord,  exalt  his  name, 
X      Wliile  iu  his  holy  courts  ye  wait ; 


284  Psalm    cxxx^. 

Ye  faints,  that  to  his  houfe  belong. 
Or  (land  attending  at  his  gate. 

2.    Piaiie  ye  the  Lord  ;   the  Lord  is  good; 
To  praile  his  name  is  fweet  employ  : 
Jj'r'elhe  ciioie  of  old,  and  ilill  • 

His  church  is  his  peculiar  joy. 

;.  The  Lord  him  (elf  will  jiidge  his  faints , 
He  treats  his  Rrrants  as  his  friends  : 
And  when  he  hears  tlieir  fore  complaints, 
Repents  the  foriows  that  he  fends. 

4.  Thro*  ev'ry  age  the  Lord  declares 
His  name,  and  breaks  the  oppreflbr's  rod  ; 
He  gives  his  fnff'ring  fervants  reii, 
Ahuj  will  be  known  th*  Almighty  God. 

5.  Blefs  ye  the  Lord,  who  tafte  his  love  \ 
JP*ople  and  prierts  exalt  his  name  2 
Amongit  his  faints  he  ever  dwells  j 
His    church  is  his    Jerufaiew. 

Psalm     CXXXV.  v.   c—  12.  Second  Par f. 
Long  Metre. 

The  Works  o-f  Creation,    Pr*zielencey    Redemption 
of  llrael,  and  Dejlruftion  9-f  Enemies. 

1*/^   RE  AT  is  the  Lord,  exalted  high, 

V    I    Above  all  pow'rs  and  ev'ry  throne  ; 
Whate'er  he  pleafe  in  earth  or  fca, 
Or  heav'n  or  hell,  his  hand  hath  done. 

2.   At  his  command  the  vapours  rife, 
The  RgJlt*hmgs  flafh,  the-  thunders  roar  1 
He  pours  the  rath,  he  brings  the  wind, 
And  tempeit  from  his  airy   llore. 

5.  'Tvvas  he  thole  dreadful  tokens  fcwt, 
O  Egypt,  thro*  they  ilubboru  laud: 


Z%$  P    S    A     L     M      CXXXV. 

When  all  ihv  firlt-born  bcaits  and  men 
Fell  dead  by  his  avenging  hand, 

4.  What  mighty  nations,   mighty  kings 
He  (lew,  and  their  whole  country  gaie 
To  I/rd/,  whom  his  hand  redeem'd, 
No  more  to  he  proud  Pharaoh's  flave  ! 

5.  His  pow'r  the  fame,  the  fame  his  grace, 
That  laves  ns  from  the  holts  of  hell ; 
And  Heav'n  he  ^ives  us  to  poifefs 
Whence  thole  apoitate  angels  fell. 

This  pfelm  was  too  Ios:g  to  be  fang  at  once,  vet  I  conW  cot  re 
dree  it  into  two  parts  conveniently,  without  tranfpofing  the  vrerfe* 
confiderably,  as  in  the  titles.  The  e"»ect:on  of  the  Canaar.itsi  and 
the  inheritance  of  their  land  given  to  Ifrael,  is  a  fairfi^re  of  the 
inheritance  of  Heaven,  51.  en  to  the  faints,  whence  fiziz*  angels 
were  ejected,  as  in  the  hi:  Stanza. 

Psalm  CXXXV.  Common  Metre. 
Praife  du:  to  Cod,  not  to  Idols* 

AWAKE,   ye   faints,   to  praife  your  King, 
your  fweeteft  paffions  raife, 
Your  pious  pleafure,  while  you  fing, 
increafing  with  the  praife. 

2.  Great  is  the  Lord  ;  and  works  unknown 
are  his  divine  employ  : 

But  ftill  his  faints  are  near  his  throne, 
his  treafure  and  his  joy. 

3.  Heav'n,  earth  and  fea,  confefs  his  hand; 
he  bids  the  vapours  fife  ; 

Light'ning  and  itorm  at  his  command 
iweep  thro'  the  founding  ikies. 

4.  All  pow*r  that  gods  or  kings    have    el  um'd 
is  found  with  him  alone  : 

But  Heathen  ^oiis  ihomd  ne'er  be  nam'd 
where  our  ]ehovah*%  ksiowii, 


286  Psalm     c\.\xv,  pxwi, 

5.  Which  of  the  itocks  or  ftones  they  trujl 
can  give  them  lhow'rs  of  rain  ? 

In  vai.i  they  worthip  glitt'rino    duft, 
and  pray  to  gold  in   vain. 

6.  [Their  gods  have  tongues  that  cannot  talk 
fuch  at  their  makers  gave  ; 

Their  feet  were  ne'er  defign'd  to  walk, 
nor  hands  have  pow'r  to  fave. 

7.  Blind  are  their  eyes,  their  ears  are  deaf, 
nor  hear  when  mortals  pray  ; 

Mortals,  that  wait  for  their  relief, 
are  blind  and  deaf  as  they.] 

8.  O  B /it abiy  kno.v  thy  living    God, 
Ceive  him  with  faith  and  fear  ; 

He  makes  thy  churches  his  abode, 
and  claims  thine  honours  there. 

This  pfatm  is  much  abridged  in  this  metre,  to  redaie  the  moft 
ttfefui  ^arts  of  it  to  oue  ihorter  di  ire  long.  In  tr-e  5th  Stun^a  I 
ha.e  borrowed  1  veife  from  Jcr.xi.  .  22.  Are  th  re  any  umutn^  tr.? 
mnitici  cf  the  GenUes  that  can  csufe  rain  ' 

Psalm     CXXXVI.     Common  Metre. 

God's  Wonders  of  Creation,   Providence,  Redcmp* 
//$»  ©/"HYael,  and  Salvation  of  his  people. 

GIVE  thanks  to  Sod  the  fov 'reign  Lord  ; 
his  mercy's  fi ill  endure  / 
And  be  the  King  of  kings  adord : 

his  truth  is  ever  fur e. 

2 .  What  wonders  hath  his  wiidom  done  j 
how  mighty  is  his  hand  J 

Heav'n,  earth,  and  lea,  he  fram'd  alone  ; 

how  wide  is  his  command  ? 

3.  The  fun    fuppliesthe  day  wilh  light;. 
hovj  bright  his  councils  fhine  i 


P*  5    A     L     M       CXXXVi.  28 

The  moon  and  ftars  adorn  the  night : 

his  works  are    ail  divine. 

4.  He  ftiuck  the  Tons  of  Fgypt  dead  ; 
how  dreadful  is  his  rod 7 

And  thence  with  joy  his  people  led  : 

How  gracious  is  cur  Cod/ 

5.  He  cleft  the  fwelling  lea  in  two  i 

his  arm  is  great  in  might  : 
And  gave  the  tribes  a  paffage  thro' : 
his  po-jfr  ana  grace  unite. 

6.  But  Pharaoch's  army  there  he  drown'd  ; 
how  glorious  are  his  ways  ! 

And  brought  his  faints  thro'  defart  ground  : 
eternal  be  his  praife. 

7.  Great  monarchs  fell  beneath  his  hand  ; 

victorious  is  his  fword ' : 
While  Ifr'cl  took  the  promis'd  land  ; 

and  faithful  is  his  word. 

8.  He  faw  the  nation  dead  in  fin  ; 

he  felt  his  pity  move  : 
How  fad  the  ftate  tlve  world  was  in ! 

how  boundlefs  was  his  love  f 

9.  He  fent  to  fave  ns  from  our  woe  ; 

his  goodnefs  never  fails  : 
From  death  and  hell,  ?nd  ev'ry  foe  ; 

and  jiill  his  grace  prevails. 

10.  Give  thanks  to  God  the  heav'nly  king, 

///  mercies  flill  endure  : 
Let  the  whole  earth  his  praifes  fing; 
His  truth  is  ever  furc. 

In  every  flanza  of  this  Pfalm  I  have  endeavoured  to  imitate  the 
Chcrui  or  burden  aft  be  fo.  g,  For  hismtrcj  t*<torttAf$r*vtr  ;  and 
jet  to  maintain  a  perpetual  variety. 


28 8  9    S    A    L     M       CXXXTI. 

Palm    CXXXVI.      as  the    148th  Pfalm. 
IVE  thanks  to  Got!  mod  lii<rh, 


'G' 


The  univerfal  Lord/ 

The  {bv'reign  King  of  Kings  ; 
And  be  his  grace  ador'd. 

His  puiur  and  grace 
Arj  jnll  the  fame  ; 
And  let  his  name 
Have  eudiejs  praife. 

2.  How  mighty  is  his  hand  ! 
What  wonrteis  hath  he  done  ! 
He  fbrm'd  the  earth  and  fed^, 
And  ipread  tlie  Heav'ns  alone. 

Thy  mercy,  Lord, 
Shall  ft ill  endure ; 
And  ever  f ure 
Abides  thy  word. 

3.  His  wifdom  fram'd  the  fun, 
To  crown  the  day  with  light ; 
The  moon  and  twinkling  liars, 
To  chear  the  darkfome  night. 

His  power  and  grace 
Art  fi ill  the  fa?ne  ; 
And  let  his  ?ia?ne 
Have  endicfs  Praife. 

4.  [He  (mote  the  firft-born  fons, 
The  flow'r  of  Egypt,  dead. 
And    thence  his  chofen  tribes, 
With  joy  and  glory  led. 

Thy  ?;:ercy,  Lord, 
Shalt  ft ill  endure  ; 
And  ever  fur e 
Abides  thy  word. 

5.  His  pow'i  and  lifted  rod 
Cleft  the  Red  Jea  in  two  : 


Psalm     cxxxvi.  2$9 


And  for  his  people  made 
A  woud'rous  paflage  thro*. 

His  pow'r  and  grace 
Are  (Jill  the  fa??ie  , 
And  let  his  name 
Have  endlefs  praife. 

6.  But  cruel  Pharaoh  there 
With  all  his  holt  he  drown'df 
And  brought  his  Ifr'el  Cafe 
Thro*  a  long  defai  t  grouud. 

'Thy  mercy.  Lord, 
Shall /iill  endure  ; 
And  ever  furs 
Abides  thy  word. 

Pause. 

7.  The  kings  of  Canaan  fell 
Beneath  his  dreadful  hand  ; 
While  his  own  fervants  took 
PoiTefliou  of  their  land. 

Jiis  pow'r  and  grace } 
Are  fit II  the  fame  ,• 
And  let  his  name 
Have  endlefs  praife.^ 

8.  He  faw  the  nations  lie 
All  periihing  in  fin, 
And  pity'd  the  fad  ftate 
That  ruin'd  world  was  in. 

Thy  mercy y  Lord, 
Shall  (i ill  endure  ; 
And  ever  fur e 
Abides  thy  tcord. 

9.  He  feut  his  only  {on 
To  lave  us  from  our  woe, 
From  Satan,  fin  and  death, 
And  ev'ry  hurtful  foe. 

D  d 


290  F    S    A     L     M       rx\ 

Ills  ponn'r  and  qrace 
yjrc  Hill  the  fame  ; 
jrfnd  let  his   name 
Have  e?idiefs  praife. 

IO.   Give  thanks  aloud  to  God, 

To  God  thelieav'nly  king  : 

And  let  the  fpacious  earth 

His  works  and  glories  ling.  N 

Thy  mercy,   Lord, 

Shall  flil I  endure  ; 

And  ever  fur  e 

Abides  thy  word. 

In  this  metre,  and  the  next,  I  have  maintained  the  Chorir,  for 
his  mercy  endureth  for  ever,  in  a  double  form,  to  be  ufed  alternately, 
♦.  e.  ill  every  other  Stfo*a. 

— — r jL~ . 

Psalm     CXXXVL  abridged  Long  Metre. 

T.  /"">  IVE  to  the  Lord  immortal  praife  ! 
V  J-   Mercy  and  truth  are  all  his  ways  ? 

Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong, 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  fong. 

2.  Give  to  the  Lord  of  Lords  renown, 
The  King  of  Kings  with  glory  crown  ; 

His  mercies  ever  fh all  endure, 

When  lords  and  kings  are  known  no  more. 

5,   He  built  the,  earth,  he  fpread  the    fky, 
And  fix'd  the  ftarry  lights  on  high  : 

Wonders  of  grace  to  God  be  long , 
Repeat  his  mercy  in  your  fong. 

4.  He  fills  the  fnn  with  morning  light, 
He  bids  the  moon  direct  the  night  : 

//is  mercies  ever  fball  endure. 

When  funs  and  moons  jhall fhine  no  more. 

J.   The  Jews  he  freed  from  Pharaoh's  hand, 
An<J  brought  them  to  the  promis'd  land  : 


P   s   A    l    M        (.xxwi,  cxxxviii.        291 

is  merctei  1  ngi 

6.  He  fawthe  Je.id  in,  fin., 
tA\\d  felt  liis  pity  work  itith 

•  0   wrr. 

7.  He  lent  his  Ion  with  pa  t\ve 
From  guilt  and  da-  kr-efs,  and  the  grave  : 
Wonder  $  ofgn                i  belong, 

Reps  at  his  met 

8.  Thro*  tliis  vain  world  lie  guides  our  feet, 
And  leads  us  to  hisheavhily  leal  : 

Hfs  mtrcies  ever  Jhail  endure. 

When  thiffaain  world  Jh all  he  no  mere. 

Psalm     CXXXVilL 
Rejlorhig  and preferring  Grace* 

1.  \T  /  1th  all  mv  pow'rs  of  heart  and  tongue 

V  V     I'll  praii  "ker  in  my  &ng  > 

Angels  (ball  bear  the  notes  I  ra. 
Approve*  the  lonir,  and  join  the  praifc. 

2.  [  Angels  that -make  thy  church  their  care 
Shall  witners  nay  devotions  tbei    . 

While  holv  zeal  directs  my  eyes 
To  thy  fair  temple  in  the  ikies.] 

p.   I'll  fifig  thy  truth  and  mcicy,  Lord, 
rilling  the  wonders  of  thy  word  ; 
Not  all  the  works  and  names  below 
So  much  thy  pow'r  and  glory  (how. 

4.  To  God  I  cry'd  when  troubles  role  ; 
He  heard  me,  and  fubdu'd  my  foes; 
He  did  my  riling  fears  controul, 
Aaid  itrength  diHWd  thro'  all  my  fouh 
D-d  2 


292  P  s   A    L   m     cxxxviii,  cxxxix. 

5.  The  God  of  heav'n  rgaintahis  Ii is  flate, 
Frowns  oh  the  proud,  and  fcorns  the  great  ; 
B  it  iVo m  his  throne  deicends  to  fee 

The  Ions  of* humble  poverty. 

6.  Aniidft  a  thoufand  fnares  I  ftand 
'jphcldand  guarded  by  thy  hand  ; 
Thy  words  my  fainting  foul  revive, 
And  keep  my  dying  faitb  alive. 

7.  Grace  will  complete  what  grace  begin*, 
To  five  from  farrows  or  from  fins  : 

The  work  that  wifdom  undertakes 
Sternal  mercy  ne'er  forfakes. 

Stanza    I  :i  .',  or  hi  i£s  ere  the   Codi  before  whom  the 

fraifc  ro  his  Creator  ;  but  common  Chi 
fo  little  o£  the  pre:  sin  their   fc'orfhio,  1  hate 

y  the  company    of  A 

r?   3  a  1    m  CXXXI^.  FtrpPatt.  Long  Metre, 

The  Allying  Gad. 

»  had  fearcird  and  "Teen  roe  thro*£ 
1  "  j  Thine  eye  commands  with  piercing  view 
My  riling,  and  my  reft  trig  horns, 
Mv  hear*  and  fleflb  with  all  tb  Vs. 

:.   My  thoughts,  before  they  arc  my  own, 
Arc  to  my  God  diili  nelly  known  -, 
He  knows  the  words  I  mean  to  (peak, 
Eire  from  myop'uihg  11,js  they  break. 

3,  Within  thy  circling  pow'r  I    (land; 
On  ev'ry  fide  i  find  thy  hand  : 
Awake,  aileep,  at  home,    abroad, 

I  am  fur  rounded  Itill  with  God. 

4.  Amazing  knowledge,  vail  and  great  : 
What  large  extent  !  what  lofty  height  I 
My  loul  with -all  the  pow'rs  I  boaft 

Is  in  the  bouniHefs  pxofpect  loir. 


P  s  a  l  N    cXtxi  293 

5.  0  may  theft  thoughts  pojfefs  my  bread, 

-   e\r   I   r$ft  ' 
Afcr  ifrj  / . 
Lonftnt  to  fin,  for  [  here* 

Pause    the  firfr.   - 

6.  Coul J  I  fo  fa  lie,  Co  t'aithlefs  prove, 
To  quit  thy  fervice  and  thy  love, 
Where,  Lord,  conic!  I  thy  pre  fence  faun, 
Or  Mom  thy  dreadful  glory  run  ? 

7.  If  up  to  heavhi  I  take  my  flight, 

lis  there  thou  dvvelPii  inthron'd  in  light  j 

live  to  hell,  there  vengeance  reigns, 
And  fat  an  groans  beneath  thy  chains, 

8.  If  mounted   on  a  morning-r: 
I    fiv  beyond  the   Wsfiern  iea, 

Thv  fwifter  hand  wou'd  firft  arrive, 
And  there  arrell  thy  fugitive, 

p.   Or  fhould  I  try  to- Cbun  thy  fight 
Beneath  the  (presiding  veil  of  night, 
Our  gtancfe  of  thine,  one  piercing  rav, 
Wcu'd    kindle  darknefs  into  dav. 

10.  Tfifs  my  breaft, 

>e-e*er  Jr.:  .   e'er  1  reji  f 

A'or  ■  '-rs 

tor  Cod  u  iters,    • 

P  a   u   s    e     the  fecond, 

II.   The  veil  cf  night  is  nodifguife 
No  ikieen  from  thv  all-fearching  eyes 
Th\   hand  can  feizethy  foes  as  loon 
.  Thro'  midniobt-ihades  as   blazing  noon. 

"idnight  and  noon  in  this  agree, 
Great  God,  they're  both  alike  to  thee  ; 
Not  death  c  in  hide  what  God  will  f 
And  hell  lies  naked  to  his  eve 
D   d    3 


2^4  P  S   A   I    M       CXXXlX* 

17    0  may  thefe  thoughts  poffefs  my  breafi, 
Whete-e'er  Treve,  whtre*eer  I  reft  I 
Acr  let  my  weaker  pajjfons  dare 
Confent  to  fin,    for  God  is  there. 

Psalm      CXXXJX.    Second  Part.  Long  Metre* 

The  wonderful  Formation  oj  Man. 
1.}^  i  ^WAS  from  thy  hand,  my  God  I  carae> 

X      A  work  of  fucli  a  curious  frame  -, 
hi  me  thy  fearful  wonders  mine, 
And  each  proclaims  thy  fkill  divine. 

2<   Thine  eyes  did  all  my  limbs  furvey, 
Which   yet  in  dark  eonfufion  lay  ; 
Thou  law 'It  the  daily  growth  they  took* 
Form'd  by  the  model  of  thy  book. 

3.  By  thee  my  growing  parts  were  nam'd, 
And  what   thy  fov'reign  counftls  frarn'd, 
(The  breathing  lungs,  the  beating  heart) 
Wascopy'd  with  unerring   ;rt. 

4.  At  kill  to  mew  my  maker's  name, 
God  ftamp'd  his  in) age  on  my  frame, 
And  in  fome  unknown  moment  join'd 
The  frnifh'd  members  to  the  mind. 

5.  There  the  young  feeds  of  thought    began,. 
And  all  the  palfions  of  the  man  : 

Great  God,  our  infant -nature  pays 
Immortal  tribute  to  thy  pi  aiie. 

P    A    U    S    E* 

6.  Lord,  fince  in  my  advancing  age 
I've   acted- on  life's  bufy  Itage, 

Tin  thoughts  of  love  to  me  furmount 
The  pow'r  of  numbers  to  recount 

7     1  could  furvey  the  ocean  o'er, 

Aud  count  each  faud  tliat  makes  the  (hore^ 


P   S    A    L    M        CXXX1X.  20  f 

Before  my  fwiftcfl  thoughts  could  trace 
The  num'rous  wonders  of  thy  grace. 

8.   Thefe  on  my  heart  are  ftil]  impreiVd, 
With  thefe  I  give  my  eyes  to  reft  ; 
And  at    my  waking  hour  I  find 
God    and  his  love  poffeis  my  mind. 

Psalm    CXXX1X.      thirdPart.     Long  Metre 

Sincerity  frofiff,  and  Grace  try%d  j  or,  The  H;\  rt 

fcarch'nig  God. 
I.Ti   fY  God,  what  inward  grief   I  feel 

XVX  When  impious  men  tranigrefs  thv  will 
I  mourn  to  hear  their  lips  profane, 
Take  thy  tremendous  name  in  vain, 

2-  Does  not  my  foul  deteil  and  hate 
The  ions  of   malice  and  deceit  ? 
Thofe  that  oppofe  thy  laws  and  ihee, 
I  count  them  enemies  to  me. 

5.  Lord  fearch  my  foul,  try  ev'ry    thought  ; 
Tho'  my  own  heart   accufe  me  not 
Of  walking  in   a  falfe  difguife, 
I  beg  the  trial  of  thine  eyes. 

4.  Doth  fecret  mifchief  lurk  within  ? 
Do  I  indulge  lome  unknown  liu  ? 
G  turn  my    feet   when-e're   I  irray, 
And  lead  me  in  thy  perfect  way. 

In  this  nobie  pfalm  I  have  not  refaf.dthe  aid  of  my   predecef- 
cflyMr.f^,     I;.  ...ere  I   have   b<w  rowed,  1 

hope  I  have   improved  the  verfe  :  And  in  others,  my  ovvn    deiign 
lOiiltrained  me  to  leave  out  the  words  of  a  more  poeti 
turning' i  m>i*{ 
,  jh.ipeUf*  em.ryo,  maze   of  H$e\  fcc.    yet   I    have*    t 
ip  mamiain  the  ipint  ot'  u.e   pfiimL;  in  plainer  iangua^e. 
1  ne  efipboxtma,  or  the  burden  ef  tht  iferied 

three  times  in  the  riritpart,   was  not  iatrodaced  by  any  means  io 
add  beauty  to  the  poem,  but  merely   to    recta*   it    to  fcoorenieni: 
for  fm&ui&  which  has  100  often  c  ode  and  de~ 

baled  it,  "   "  ~ 


:y6  P  s  a   l  m     cxxxix. 

Psalm    CXXXIX.    Firjt    Pan 
Common  Metre. 
Cod  is  every  wh 

I.-TN  all  my  vail  concerns  with  thee, 

J[   in  vain  my  Ten  1  wou'd  try 
To  fhun  thy  pretence,   Lord,  or  fi< 

the  notice  of  thine  eye. 

2..  Thy  all-furrounding  fight  furveys 

my  riling  and  my  re  it, 
My  public  walks,  my  private  ways, 

and  fee  rets  of  my  breait. 

3.  My  thoughts  lie  open  to  the  Lord 
before  they're  form'd  within  ; 

And  e'er  my  lips  pronounce  the  word, 
he  knows  the  fenfe  I  mean. 

4.  O  wond'rous  knowledge,  deep  and  high  ? 
where  can  a  creature  hide  ? 

Within  thy  circling  arms  I  lie, 
befet  on  evVy  fide. 

5.  So  let  thy  grace  fur  round  rne  flill, 
and  like  a  bulwark  prove, 

To  guard  my  ibul  from  e\  Yy  i]], 
iecur'd  by  {bv*reign  love. 

Pause. 

6.  Lord,  where  (hall  gbihy  fouls  retiic 
forgotten  and  unknown  ! 

In  hell  they  meet  thy  dreadful  Zvr;, 
in  heav'n  thy  glorious  throne. 

7.  Should  1  fupprefs  my  vital  breath 
to  '{cape  the  wrath  divine, 

Thy  voice  would  break  the  bars  of  death, 
and  make  the  £rave  ret~gn. 


Ps   A    i   M    cxxxix.  297 

3.   If  wing'd  with  beams  of  morning-light 

I  fly  beyond  the  ft 
Thy  hand,  which  mult  fupport  my  flight, 

would  loon  betray  my  reit. 

9.  If  o'er  my  (ins  I  think  to  draw 
the  curtains  of  the  night, 

Thole  flaming  eyes  that  guard  thy  law 
Wod'd  tvrn  the  lliades  10  light. 

10.  The  beams  of  noon,  the  midnight-hour, 
a*  e  both  alike  to  thee  : 

O  may  I  ne'er  provoke  that  pow'r 
from  which  I  cannot  flee  ! 

P  s  A  i    m    CXXXIX.   Second  Part. 
Common  Metre. 

The  Wifdom  of  Cod  in  the  formation  of  Man. 

1.  \y  7  KEN  I  with  pleafmg  wonder  iiand 

and  all  my  frame  fuivey. 
Lord,   'tis  thy  work  :   I  own,  thy  hand 
is  built  my  humble  clay. 

2.  Thy  hand  my  heart  and  reigns  .poffe it 
where  unborn  nature  grew, 

Thy  wifdowni  all  my  features  :rac'd, 
and  ail  my  members  drew. 

ji   Thine  eyes  with  nicer!  care  furvey'd 

the  orowth  of  ev'ry   part, 
'fill  the  whole  icheme  ihy  thoughts  had  laid 

was  copy'd  by  thy  art. 

4.  Heav'n,  earth,  and  fea,  and  fire   and  wincl^ 
(hew  me  thy  wofid'rous  ikill ; 

But  I  review  myielf  and  rind 
diviner  wonders  itill. 

5.  Thy  awful  glories  round  me  mine, 
my  flem  proclaims  thy  praife  i 


2oS  P   s    a    l    M     cxxx\x.    ( 

Lord,  to  thy  works  of  nature  join 

thy  miracles  of  grace. 

P  s   a   l   m     CXXX1X.     14,   17,   i3.   3-7   Part 
Common  Meti  c 

Tie  mercies  of  God  tn'nu 
An   Evening  Pfalm. 

o 

1.  T     ORD,  when  I  count  thy  mercies  o'er, 
JL*    They  (hike  me  with  furprife; 

Not  all  the  funds  that  fpread  the  more 
to  equal  numbers  rife. 

2.  My  flefh  with  fear  and  wonder  Hands, 
the  product  of  thy  (kill, 

And  hourly  bleffings  from  thy  hands 
thy  thoughts  of  love  reveal. 

3.  Thefe  on  my  heart  by  night  I  keep  ; 
how  kind,   how  dear  to   rae  I 

O  may  the  hour  that  ends  my  deep, 
Hill  find  my  thoughts  with  thee. 

Psalm     CXLf.     v.  2,  3,  4,  5. 

Watchfulnefs  and  Brotherly  Reproof. 
A  Morning  or  Evening  Pfalm. 

1.  li  y|"Y  God,  accept  my  early  vows, 
IVjL  LiJie  niorning-incenfe  in  thine  houfe, 

And  let  my  nightly  worfliip  rife 
Sweet  a?  the  ev'ning  facrifice. 

2.  Watch  o'er  my  lips,  and  guard  them,  Lord, 
From  ev'ry  rafh  and  heedlels  word  -, 

Nor  let  my  feet  incline  to  tread 
The  guilty  path  where  finners  lead, 

5.  O  may  the  righteous,  when  I  ft  ray, 
Smite  and  reprove  my  wand 'ring  way  f 


P   s    a   l   m     clxi,  clxii.  290 

Their  gentle  words,  like  ointment  /lied, 
Shall  never  btiuib,   but  cheer  my  head. 

4.    When  I  behold  them  preir  with  gri<5jf. 
I'll  cry  to  beav'n  for  their  relief; 
And  by  my  warm  petitions  prove 
How  much  I  prize  their  faithful  love. 

P   s   a    l    M    CXLII. 

Cod  is  th:   Hope  of  -the   Helplefs. 

1.  r  1  ^O  God  I  made  my  forrows  known, 

X      from  God  I  fought  relief; 
In  long  complaints  before  his  throne 
I  poui'd  out  all  my  grief. 

2.  My  foul  was  overwhelra'd  with  woes, 
my  heart  began  to  break  ;  # 

Ivly  God  who  all  my  burdens  knows, 
he  knows  the  way  I  take. 

3.  On  ev'ry  fide,   1  call  mine  eye, 
and  found  my  helpers  gone, 

While  friends  and  ttrangers  pad  me  by 
neglected  or  unknown. 

4.  Then  did  I  raife  a  louder  cry, 
and  calPd  thy  mercy  near, 

"  Thou  art  my  portion  when  I  die, 
"  be  thou  my  refuge  here. 

5.  Lord,   I  am  brought  exceeding  low, 
now  let  thine  ear  attend, 

And  make  my  foes  who  vex  mc  know 
I've  an  almighty  friend. 

6.  From  my  fad  Prifon  fet-me  free, 
then  ftull  I  praife  thy  name, 

And  holy  men  (hall  join   with  me 
thy  kindnefs  to  proclaim. 


5 oo  P   s   a   1    m      cxliii. 

p  s  a  i  m   cxLiir. 

Complaint  cf  heavy  Afflictions  in  Mind  and  Body, 

I.T*  yTY  Righteous  judi>e,  my  gracious  God, 
IVX    He  ir  when  I  fpread  my  hands  abroad 
An  J  cry  for  fnccour  from  thev  throne, 

0  make  thy  truth  and   mercy  known. 

2.  Let  judgment  not  a  gain  ft  me  pafs ; 
Behold  thy  iervant  pleads  tly  grace; 
Should  juitice  call  us  to  thy  oar, 

No  man  alive  is  guiltlefs  there. 

3.  Look  down  in  pity,   Lord,  and  fee 
The  mighty  woes  that  burden  me  ; 
Down  to  the  dull  my  lift  is  brought, 
Like  one  long  buried  and  i'orgor. 

4.  I  dwell  in  darknefsand  unfeen, 
My  heart  is  defolate  within  : 

My  thoughts  in  muling  filence  trace 
The  ancient  wonders  of  thy  grace. 

5.  Thence  !  derive  a  glimpie  of  hope 
To  bear  my  (inking  fpirits  up  ; 

1  ftretch  my  hands  to  God  again, 
And  thirit  like  parched  lands  for  rain. 

6.  For  thee  I  thirf>,  I  pray,  I  mourn  : 
When  will  thy  fmiling  face  return  ? 
Shall  all  my  joys  on  earth  remove  ? 
And  God  for  ever  hide  his  love  \ 

7.  My  God,  thy  long  delay  to  fave 
Will  fink  thy  pris'ner  to  the  grave  ; 

Mv  heart  grows  faint,  and  dim  mine  eye  ; 
Make  halte  to  help  before  I  die. 

3.  The  night  is  witnefs  to  my  tears, 
Diitreffing  pains  diftrefling  fears  : 
O  might  I  hear  thy  morning  voice, 
How  would  my  wearied  pow'jts  rejoice  ? 


1*     sal  M    cxliii,  cxliv.  301 

9.  In  thee  I  trud,  to  thee  I  figh, 
And  lift  ray  heavy  foul  0:1  high? 
For  thee  fit  waiting  all  the  day, 
And  wear  the  tirefome  hours  away. 

10.  Break  off  my  fetters,   Lord,  and  fhoTf 
Which  is  the  path  my  feet  fhou'd  go  ; 

If  fnares  and  foes  beiet  the  road, 
I  flee  to  hide  me  near  my  God. 

it.  Teach  me  to  do  thy  holy  will, 
And  lead  me  to  thy  heav'nly  hill  : 
Let  the  good  ipirit  of  thy  love 
Conduce  me  to  thy  courts  above. 

12.   Then  (hall  my  foul  no  more  complain., 
The  tempter  then  (hall  rage  in  vain  ; 
And  flefh,   that  was  my  foe  before, 
Shall  never  vex  my  ipirit  more, 

P   s   a    l   m   CXLIV.    Firfi  Part*  v,    1,  2. 

djpftanct  and  Vtfhr)  hi  ike  fpiriiual  Warfare 
I.T7  0R  ever  blefled  be  the  Lord, 

\_         my  Saviour  and  my  mield  ; 
He  fends  his  ipirit  with  his  vvoid 

to  arm  me  for  the  field, 

2.  When  fin  and  hell  their  force  unite, 
he  makes  my  foul  his  care, 

Inftructs  me  to  the  heav'nly  fiioht, 
and  guaids  me  thro*  ihe  war. 

3.  A  friend  and  helper  fo  divine 
doth  my  weak  counoe  raife  ; 

He  mai.es  the  glorious  vicVry  mine, 
and  his  (hall  be  tb$  praife, 

The  Czr.fe  of  a  great  part  of :  \  pbbn  is  found  often  repeated  in 
the  Book  of  Pfalms.     I  lave    t  e    only   taken  three    fnaaU 

P-rts  ct    it,  and   lormed  three    difti.net    hymns   on  very  dufereut 
Suited*. 


^02  P  9  4   t  M      cxliv. 

F  S  A  L  M      CXLIV.   SjcohJ  Par*,    v.  J,   4>    r,   6. 
7/^  Vanity  of%Mant  and  Condcfcoifion    of  God. 

i.  T      ORD,  what  is  man,  poor  feeble  man, 

J j   born  of  the  earth  at  hrtt  i 

Hi 5  life  a  fhadow,  light  and  vain, 

itill  hading  to  the  duft, 

2.   O  what  is  feeble  dying  man 

or  any  of  his  race, 
That  God  (hould  make  it  bis  concern 

to  vii'it  hi  in  with  grace  ? 

3    That  God,  who  daits  his  light'nings  down, 

who  (hakes  the  worlds  above, 
And  mountains  tremble  at  his  frown, 

how  wond'rous  is  his  love  ! 


Psalm    CXLIV.     Third  Part,     v.  12—15 

Crace  above  Riches  ;   or,    The  happy  Nation. 

1.  TJAPPY  the  city,  where  their  fons, 
_f   JL   Like  pillars  round  a  palace  fety 

And  daughters  bright  as  poliuVd  [tones 
Give  ftrength  and  beauty  to  the  Itate. 

2.  Happy  the  country,   where  the  flieep, 
Cattle  and  corn  have  large  encreafe; 
Where  men  fecurely  woik  or  fleep, 
Nor  fbns  ot  plunder  brealt  the  peace. 

2.  Happy  the  nation  thus  endow'd, 
But  more  divinely  bleft  are  thofe 
On  whom  the  all  fuflicieut  God 
Himieif  with  all  his  grace  beiiow*. 


Psalm    CXLIiV*.     Long  Metre. 
Tks  Crcatuffs  of  Cod, 

r>"|V  fiY  God,  rm   k.ng,   thy  various  praift 
^.VX  Shall  fill  the  rtmnant  oi  my  Jays; 


P     3     A     T.     M      C\hi,    CX*iV. 

Thy  grace  em  ae 

Till  death  and  glorj   ra  ifc  the  ion: 

2    The  win gs  of  cv'tj   bbui  ea» 

Sq  ue  l    i  ibute  to  thine  car  ; 

letting 

done  foi   | 

3.  Thy  truth  aridjuflicc  I'll  proclaim  ; 
Thy  bounty  flows,  an  cuulei*  itream  -, 
Thy  mercy  fwift;   thine  anger  ilo^v, 
But  dreadful  to  the  iluVoorn  foe. 

4.  Thy  works  with  fov'reion  glory  fnine, 
And  fpeak  thy  Majdlly  diviue  ; 

Let  Britain  round  her  fhores  proclaim 
Tiie  found  and  honour  of  thy  name. 

5.  Let  diltant  times  and  natious  raitb 
The  lono-  fuccerliou  of  thy  praife  ; 
And  unborn  aoes  make  my  ions: 
The  joy  and  labour  cr  their  tongue. 

6.  But  who  can  fpeak  thy  wondVcus  deeds; 
Thv  oreatntfs  all  our  thoughts  exceeds: 
Vail  and  unfearchabk  thy  ways, 

Vaft  and  immortal  be  thy  praife. 

The  verfes  of  this  Pfa'.m  are    Here    tranfpofed  in   this    manner, 
namely.   1,  2,  ;.  8,  5,  6t  4,  3. 

P  s  a  l  M     CXLV.    1  —  7.  i-i  — 13.     Firjl  Part. 
7he  Grcatnefi  ofC:d. 

1.  J     ONG  as  I  live  1'il  blefs  thy  name, 
J j   ray  TCing,  my  God  of  lore  ; 

My  work  and  joy  fliail  be  the  fame 
ia  the  brig-lit  world  above. 

2.  Great  is  the  Lord,  his  pow'r  unknown, 
and  let  his  praife  be  great  : 

E  e  2 


3*4  P  s  a  l  u     cxlr, 

I'll  Bug  the  nonours  of  thy  throne, 
thy  works  of  grace  repeat. 

3-  Thy  grace  fhall  dwell  iron  mv  tongue 

and  w  hile  my  lips  repice, 
The  men  that  hear  my  facie  J  fang 

fhall  join  their  chearful  voice. 

4.  Fathers  to  fens  fhall  tesch  thy  name, 
and  children  learn  thv  ways; 

Ages  to  come  thy  truth  proclaim, 
and  nations  found  thy  praife. 

5.  Thy  glorious  deeds  of  ancient  date 
(hall  thro*  tlie  world  be  knov,  a  ; 

Thine  ana  of  pow'r,  thy  heav'nly  Hate 
with  public  fplendor  mown. 

6 .  The  world  13  managed  by  thy  hands, 
thy  faints  are  ruVd  by  lose  5 

And  thine  eternal  kingdom  Hands, 
tho*  rocks  and  hills  remove. 


P  s  a  l  :i     CXLV.     Sec$nd  Part* 
The  GooJxcfi  of  t 

1.  QV/EET  is  the  mem'ry  of  thy  gj . 
ij  my  Gcd.  my  heav'nly  kin^; 

Let  age  to  age  thy  righteoufnefi 
in  founds  of" glory  ung. 

2.  God  reigos  on  high,  but  not  confines, 
his  good n eft  to  the  jkies  ; 

Thro'  the  whole  earth  his  bounty  (hines, 
an d  e  v y\y  \ ,  a u  t  fu p plies. 

5.  With  loDgiitg  eyes  thy  creatures  wait. 

en  thee  for  daily   food, 
Thy  lih'ral  hard  provides  their  meat, 

and  fills  their   mouths  with  r< 


Psalm     cxTV.  30J 

4.  How  kind  are  thy  comparTiov.s,  Lord  ! 
how  flow  thine  anoer  moves  ! 

But  foon  he  lends  his  pardoning  word 
to  chear  the  fouls  he  loves. 

5.  Creatures  with  all  their  endlefa  race 
thv  pow'r  and  praife  proclaim  ; 

But  faints  that  tafte  thy  richer  grace 
delioht  to  bJefs  thv  nanie. 

o 
The  rerfes  rf  th&pfftlm  are  here  tra  .   ?,.9j  -5>  **§ 


r  s  a   l  m    CXLV.   14,   17,   Ire.    ThiftTPirt* 

Mercy  riftiffertrs  \   cr,  G:.,  ■  prayir. 

I.T      ET    ev'rv  tongue  thy  goodneis  (peak, 

I j      thoSi  lov'rcign  Lord  of   ail  ; 

Thy  Itrength'ning  hands  uphold  the  weak, 
and  raiie  the  poor  that  iA). 

2.  When  forrovv  bows  tlae  fpirir  down, 
or  virtue  lies  diftreit 

Beneath  forae  proud  oppressor's  frown, 
thou  ^iv:U  the  mourners  relt. 

3.  The  Lord  fupports  our  tott'ring  days, 
and  guides  our  giddy  youth  , 

Holy  and    Jutt   are  all  his  ways, 
and  ail  his  words  arc  truth. 

4.  He  knows  the  pains  his  fervants  feeb 

tears  iii?  children  tr_\ , 

And  their  b- It   vv i(hes  ;o  fuiril 
-    is  ever  n 

5.  His  tnerev  neve*  fhaH^etnoVe 
from  men  o  in  cere  ; 

K     fa  v  rt  .0 ie  h  u  1  able  love 

is  join  d  with  holy   U 
k  e   3 


Jo6  Psalm     cxlv,  cxTvi. 

6.  [His  fhibbcm  foes  his  ftvord  fliall  (lay,. 
and  pierce  their  hearts  with  pain  ; 

J3ut  none  that  ferve  the  Lord  (hall  fav, 
a   they  fought  his  aid  iu  rain.''"] 

7.  [My  lips  (hall  dwell  upon  his  praife, 
and  (pread  his  fame  abioad  ; 

Let  all  the  fans  of  Mam  raife 
the  honours  of  their  God.] 

The  various  Uiufpofitli  [have  made  in  feveral   parts  cf 

this  pfalm,  were  pecefTary  to  divide  it  into  prober  fengthf  for  puj- 
fie  wo.'/bip,  and  »o  reduce  (he  \crfes  of  a  like  fe ale  together. 

P   s   a   l   m     CXLVL    Long    Metre. 

Praifd  to  Cod  jor  his  C 00 chief i    and  Truth. 

2. "T)  RAISE  -ve  the  Lor<J>   ray  heart  (hall  joia 

J7     In  works  lo  pleafaut,  lb  divine, 
Now  while  t!ie  ilelh  is  mine  abode, 
And  when  my  foul   atcends  to  God,. 

2.  Praife  mall  employ  my  nobleir   pow'rs 
While  immortality  endures  : 

My  days  of  praife  (hall  ne'er  be  pad, 
While  life   and  thought,  and  being  laft. 

3.  Why  mould  I  make  a  man  my   trull  ; 
Princes  mult  die   and  turn  to  duft  ; 

Their  breath  departs,  their  pomp   and  pow'r 
And  thoughts  all  vaniih  in  an   Jiour. 

4.  Happy  the  man  whofe  hopes  rely 
On  Iff*  el's  God  :   He  made  the  iky, 
And  earth  and  leas,  with  all  their  train, 
fend  none  (hall  find  his  promile  vain. 

A  ;.  His  truth  for  ever  (lands  fecure ; 
J    le  faves  lb*  oppreit,  he  teeds  the  poor  : 
\\  e  fends  the  lab'ring  confidence  peace, 
h\\  \d  grants  the  gfift'ner  fweet  relcaie. 


P  s   a    i    w     cxlvf.  CC7 

6.  The  Lord  hath   eyes  to  give  the  Mind  ; 
The  Lord  fiipports  the  finking  mind  : 

He  hel;)s  the  (t  ranger  in  dirt,  re  is, 
The  widow  andtlie  fatherleis. 

7.  He  loves  his   faints  ,   lie  knows    them  well* 
Bul  turns  the  wicked  down  to  hell  : 

Thy  God,  O  2io?:,  ever  reigns  ; 
Praifehim  in  everlaking  -drains. 

T.v.:s  pCilm  confifts  fj  much  of  i.  jcs,  that  1  fmali  attd 

«fy  traolf  1  lines  added,    1  ill 

d  a   metre  to  the  tur.e  cf  tin  \t$th  fj&  .    repetition 

of  the  firJ&ltanza  at  the  end  to  complete  the  tcne,  as  folk 

Psalm     CXLVI.    as  the  llph  Pfalm. 
Praifc  to  Cod  for  his  Goadnefi  and  Truth. 

I.T'LL   praiie  my  maker  with  my  breath  ; 

J^  And  when  my  voice  is  loll  in  death 

Praiie  mali  employ  my  nobler   pow'rs  : 
My  days  of  praiie  fhall  ne'er  be  pall 
While  life  and  thought  and  being  lafV, 

Or  im mortality  endures. 

2.   Why  mould  I  make  a  man  my  truft  * 
Pi  inces  muit  die  and  turn  to  duit  : 

Vain  is  the  help  of  fleiii  and  blood  : 
Their  breath  departs,    their  pomp  and  pow'r 
And  thoughts  all  vaniih  in  an  hour, 

iNor  can  they  make  their  promifegood. 

2.   Happy  the  man  whofe  hopes  rely 
On    Ifrel's  God  :   He  made  the  Iky, 

And  earth  and  leas  with   all  their  train  ; 
His  truth  for  ever  itands  iecure  ; 
He  laves  th*  opprelt,  he  feeds  the  poor, 

And  none  (hail  find  his  promife  vain. 

4.  The  Lord  hath  eyes  to  give  the  blind  ; 
The  Loid  iupports  the  linking  mind  ; 
He  lend*  the  Ub'ring  ccnicieuce  peace, 


P  s  a   l  m  cxhl,  cklVii 

He  I) rips  the  it  ranger  in  djft  re  fs, 
The  widow  and  the  fattierleis. 

And  grants  the  pris'ner  fvvect  releife. 

5.  He  loves  his  (aims  ;   he  knows  them  well* 
liut  turns  the  wicked  down  to    hell  ; 

Thy  God,  O  Zicfiy  ever  re  ions  : 
Let  ev'ry  tongue,  let  ev'ry  age 
In  this  exalted  work  engage  ; 

Praii'e  him  in  everlalting  drains. 

6.  HI  praife  him  wVile  he  lends  me  breathy 
And  when  my  voice  is  lolt  in  death 

Praife  mali  employ  my  nobler  pow'rs  ; 
My  days  of  praife  fhall  ne'er  be   pair 
While  life  and  thought  and  being  lair, 

Or  immortalky  endures. 

i>   s    a    l   m      CXLV1I.      Ftrfi  Part. 

The  divine  Nature ,  Prnvrthnffz,    and  Grace. 
i."TJ  RAISE   ye  the  Lord  :   'TiS  good  loiaife. 

X       Our  hears  and  voices  in  hifi  praiie  :, 
His  nature  and  his  works  invite 
To  make  this  duty  our  delight. 

2.   The  Lord  builds  up  Jzmjaitm, 
And  gathers  nations  to  Ins  name  : 
His  mercy  melis  the  iiubtom  foul, 
And  makes  the  broken  fyhit  whole. 

7.    He  form'd  the  ftars.   thofe  heav'nly  flames). 
He  counts  their  numbers,  calls  their  names  : 
His   wifdom's  vail/ and  knows  no  bound, 
A  deep  where  a!i  our  thoughts   a:e   cIjowi. 

-4.   Great  is  our  Lord,  and  great  his  migl 
And  all  his  glories  infinite  : 
He  crown- the  meek,  rewards  the  jufr. 
And  treads  the  wicked  to  the  <\uti, 


F   s    a    l   m      cxlvii.  2C$ 

Pause. 

5.  Sing  to  the  herd,    exalt  him  high, 
Who  fpreacls  his  cloud  all  round  the  iky  ; 
There  he  prepares  the  fruitful  rain, 
Nor  lets  the  drops  defcend  ill  vain. 

6.  He  makes  the  grafs  the  hills  adorn, 
And  clothes  the  fmiling  fields  with  corn  > 
The  hearts  with  food  his  hands  fupply. 
And  the  vounii*  ravens  when  thev  cry. 

JO  Id 

7.  What  is  the  creature's  i<kill  or  force, 
The  fp rightly  man,  the  warlike  horfe, 
The  nimble  wit,  the  active  limb  ? 

All  are  too  mean  delights  for  him. 

8.  But  faints  are  lovely  in  his  fight  j 
He  views  his  children  with  delight  : 

He  fees  their  hope,  he  knows  their  fear  % 
And  looks  and  loves  his  image  there. 

P  s   a   l   M     CXLVII.     Second  Part. 

Summer  and  Whiter. 

A  Song  for  Great-Britain. 

x*f^\    Britain,  praife  thy  mighty  God. 

VyAiid  make  his  honours  known  abroad; 
K'e  bids  the  ocean  round  thee  flow  ; 
Not  bars  of  brafs  could  guard  ihee  fo. 

'S.   Thy  children  are  fecure  and   bleft  ; 
Thy  ihores  have  peace,  thy  cities  reft  ; 
He  feeds  thy  fons  with  finett  wheat, 
And  adds  his  blefling  to  their  meat. 

3.  Thy  changing  feafons  he  ordains, 
Thine  eirlv  and  thy  latter  raius  ; 
His  flakes  of  fnow  like  wool  he  fends, 

And  thus  the  Springing  corn  defends. 


;-:o  P    s    h    :.    m      c-vlv  ii, 

4.  With  hoary   lroft  lie  ftrews  tha  ground  ; 
His  hail  deilencis  with  i 

Where  is  tli£  man  fo  vain;! 
That  tidies  defy  his  dee  a  dial  co] 

5.  He  bids  ttie  foutbtrn  breezes  blow,. 
The  ice  diflblves  the    ..  >\v  : 
Bat  he  hath  nobler  works  mid  ways 
To  call  the  BritQm  to  his  praife, 

6.  To- all  the  ifle  his  laws  are  mown, 
His  gofpel  through  the  nation  known  %p 
He  hath  not  thus  reveal'd  his  word 

To  ev'ry  land  ;  praile  ye  the  Lord. 

Psalm     CXLVIi.     7—9.   13—18. 
Common  Metre. 

The  Seafons  of  the  Year. 

1.  V7i  7ITH  fongs  and  honours  founding  loud 

V  V     addrefs  the  Lord  on  high  : 
Over  the  heav'ns  he  fpreads  his  cloud, 
and  waters  vail  the  iky. 

2.  He  fends  his  mow'rsof  bleffing  down 
to  chear  the  plains  below  ; 

He  makes  the  grafs  the  mountains  crown^ 
and  corn  in  valleys  grow. 

3.  He  gives  the  grazing  ox  his  meat, 
he  hears  the  ravens  cry  ; 

But  man,  who  taitcs  his  liueft  wheat, 
(hould   raife  his  honours  high. 

4.  His  fteady  counfels  change  the  face 
of  the  declining  year  ; 

He  bids  the  fun  cut  ihort  his  race, 
and  wint'ry  days  appear. 

5.  His  hoary  frort,  his  fleecy  fnow 
defcemi  and  cloth  the  ground  ; 


P  ;  A*  1      W      CxlVii   cxWyh  :ix 

The  liquid  (treams  forbear  to  How, 
in  icy  fettei  i  bound. 

6.  When  from  his  dreadful  [tores  on  high 
he  pours  the  i  hail, 

The  wretch  that  dares  this  God  dtfv 
ihall  find  nis  coinage  fail. 

7.  He  fends  his  word  and  melts  the  (now, 
the  fields  no  longer  mourn  ; 

He  calls  the  wan  to  blow. 

and  bids  the  fpring  return* 

8.  The  changing  winds,   the  frying  cloud, 
Obey  Ids  mighty  word  :  x 

With  longs  and  honours  founding  loud 
praife  ye  the  fov'reign  Loid. 

Psalm  CXLVIII.   Proper  Metre. 

Praife  to  G  fid  from  all  Creatures. 

t.~\7E  tribes  of  Adav;,  join 

X      With  heav'n,  aiui  earth,  and  (fibas, 

And  offer  notes  divine 
To  your  Creator's  praife  : 

Ye  holy  throng 

Of  angels  bright 

In  worlds  of  light 

Begin  the  long. 

2.  Thou  fun  with  dazling  rays, 
And  moon  that  rule-  the  night, 
Shine  to  your  marker's  praife. 
With  itars  of  tuinkli  ig  li^ut 

His  povv'r  declare, 
Ye  floods  on  high, 
And  clouds  that  hy 
In  empty  *Jr. 

3.  The  fhining  worlds  above 
In  giorioua  order  itand, 


I 


zzz  Psalm     cxKiu. 

Oi  in  fwift  con  vies  move 
Bv  Uh  fupreme  comnund  : 
He  (pake  the  word, 
And  all  tlicir  frame 
From  nothing  came 
To  praife  the  Lord. 

A.   He  mov'd  their  mighty  wheels 
In  unknown  ages  pa(t, 

And  each  his  woicl  fulfills 
While  time  \im\  nature  laft. 
In  di ff  rent  ways 
His  works  proclaim 
His  wond'rous  name, 
And  fpeak  his  praife. 

Pause. 

5.  Let  all  the  earth-born  race 
And  moniters  of  the  deep, 
The  fifh  *hat  cleave  the  feas, 
Or  in  their  bofom  fleep, 
From  lea  and  fhore 
Their  tribute  pay, 
And  ftill  difplay 
Their  Maker's  povv'r. 

.6.   Ye  vapours,  hail,  and  fnow, 
Praife  ye  th*  almighty  Lord, 
And  itormy  winds  that  blow, 
To  execute  his  word  : 

When  light'nings  fliine, 

Or  thunders  roar, 

Let  earth  adore 

Hi>  hand  divine. 

7.  Ye  mountains  near  the  fides, 
With  lofty  cedars  there, 
And  trees  of  humbler  fize, 
That  fruit  in  plenty  bear  ; 


Psalm     cxlviii.  315 

Beafts  wild  and  tame, 
Birds,  flies,    and  worms, 
In  various  forms 
Exalt  his  name. 

3.   Ye  kings,   and  judges,   fear 
The  Lord,  the  fov'reign  King  ; 
And  while  you  rule  us  here, 
His  heav'nly  honours  ling  : 

Nor  let  the  dream 

Of  pow'r  and   ftate 

Make  you  forget 

Kis  pow'r  fupreme. 

o.   Virgins  and  youth  engage 
To  found  his  praife  divine, 
While  infancy  and  age 
Their  feebler  voices  join. 

Wide  as  he  reigns 

His  name  be  fung 

By  ev'ry  tongue 

In  endlefs  ltrains. 

10.  Let  all  the  natioirs  fear 
The  God  that  rules  above, 
He  brings  his  people  near, 
And  makes  them  tafte  his  love  3 

While  earth  and  fky 

Attempt  his  praife, 

His  faints  fhall  raife 

His  honours  high. 

Psalm    CXLVIIi.   Paraphrased  in 
Long  Metre. 

Univerfal  Praife  to  God. 

LOUD  Hallelujahs  to  the  Lord, 
From  diltant  worlds  where  creatures  chvdfl 
F  f 


5*4  P    3    A    L    m      exlv 

Let  Leav'n  begin  the  folemn  ^vord, 
And  found  it  dreadful  down  :o  hell. 

Aote,  This  pfalm  mny  be  fang  to  the  tune  of  the  • 
127:-  1  -  be  added  l 

I 

Otherv.  he  h  mull  be  fung  10  the  ufual  tunes  of  the  l.n:  mi  :re. 

1.   The  Lord  !   how  abfolute  he  reign.  \ 
Let  ev'ry  anjrel  bend  tlie  knee  ,- 
Sing  ot   his  love  in  heav'nly  (trains, 
And  fpeak  how  fierce  his  tenors  be. 

3.  High  on  a  throne  his  glories  dwell, 
An  awful  throne  or'  Alining  blifs : 

Fly  through  the  world,   O  fun,  and  tell 
How  dark  thy  beams  compar'd  to  his 

4.  Awake  ye  tempefts,  and  his  fame 
In  founds  of  dreadful  praife  declare, 
And  the  fweet  whrfper  of  his  name 
Fill  ev'ry  gentler  breeze  of  air. 

5.  Let  clouds,  and  winds,  and  waves  agree 
To  join  their  praife  with  blazing  fire  ; 

Let  the  firm  earth  and  rolling  lea 
In  this  eternal  long  conipire. 

6.  Ye  flow'ry  plains,  proclaim  his  fkill; 
Vallies  lie  low  before  his  eye  ; 

And  let  his  praife  from  ev'ry  hill 
Rife  tuneful  to  the  neighb'ring  fky. 

7.  Ye  ftubborn  oaks,  and  (lately  pines, 
Bend  your  high  branches  and  adore 4 

Praife  him,  ye  beads,   in  difPrent  ftrains  ; 
The  lamb  mult  bleat,  the  lion  roar. 

8.  Birds,  ye  mull  make  his  praife  your  theme. 
Nature  demands  along  from  you  : 

While  the  dumb  fifh  that  cut  the  ftream 
Leap  up  and  meat  his  praife  s  too. 


r    s    h 


E    m      ejrfviif. 


3'5 


£T  Mo  tals,  can  vou  refrain  your  tongue, 
When  nature  all  around  yon  fings  ? 
O  for  a  fhont  from  old  and  voun^', 
From  humble  fwains,  and  lofty  kings  f 

10.  Wide  as  hi*      tfl  dominion  lies 

Make  t lie  Creator's  name  be  khoiyn  ,• 
Loud  as  his  thunder  the  lit  Lis  praife, 
And  lbund  it  Lift?  as  his  throne. 

11.  Jehovah  \  'tis  a  glorious  word, 
O  may  it  dwell  on  evYy  tongue  ! 

But  faints  who  beft  have  known  the  Lord 
Are  bound  to  raife  the  noble  it  tone 

12.  Speak  of  the  wonders  of  that  love 
Which  Gabriel  plays  on  cy'iy  chord: 
From  all  I --low  and  all  above, 

Loud  Hallelujahs  to  the  Lord. 


P.  s.  a   l   m     CXLV11L     Short  Metre. 

Vfiiverfal  Praife. 

I.T      ET  ev'rv  creature  join 

J j    to  praife  th'  eternal   God  j 

Ye  heav'nly  hotts,  the  fong  begin, 

and  found  his  name  abroad. 

1 

2  Thou  ion  with  golden  beams, 
and  moon  with  paler  rays, 
Ye  itarry  lights,  ye  twinkling  flames, 
fliine  to  your  Maker's  praife. 

3.  He  built  thofe  worlds  above, 
and  fix'd  their  wond'rous  frame  5 

By  his  command  they  Rand  or  move, 
ancf  ever  (peak  his  name. 

4.  Ye  vapours  when  ye  rife, 
or  fall  in  fhow'rs  or  iho\v7 

F  f  2 


J 


316  Psalm    cxbiii. 

Ye  thunders  murm'ring  round  the  ikies, 
hispow'r   and    glory  fliow. 

5.  Wind,  hail,  and  rlafliiug  fire, 
agree  to  praife  the  Lord, 

When  ye  in  dreadful  ltorms  conipire 
to  execute  his  word. 

6.  By  all  iii*  works  above 
his  honours' be  expreit  ; 

Bat  dints,  that  tafte  his  laving  love, 
fliould  iing  his  praifes  belt. 

Pause     Ihe  Firft. 

7.  Let  earth  and  ocean  know 
tiiey  owe  their  Maker  -praife  ; 

Praiie  him,  ye  wat'ry  worlds  below, 
and  moniters  of  the  feas. 

8.  From  mountains  near  the  iky 
lef  his  high  praife  refound, 

From  humble  fhrubs  and  cedars  high, 
and  rales  and  fields  around. 

9.  Ye  lions  of  the  wood, 
and  tamer  beads  that  graze, 

Ye  live  upon  his  daily  food, 
and  he  experts  your  praife, 

10.  Ye  birds  of  lofty  wing, 
on  high  his  praifes  bear; 

Or  fit  on  flow'ry  boughs,  and  fing 
your  Maker's  glory  there. 

11.  Ye  creeping  aunts  and  worm> 
his  various  wifdorn  fhow, 

And  flies  rn  all  your  Aiming  fwarms, 
praife  him  that    dreil  you  fo. 

12.  By  all  the  earth  born  race 
Lis  honours  be  expreit, 


'  P  s  a  i  m  cxlviii,  cxlitf.  3 1  7 

3ut  faints  that  know  his  heav'nly  grace 
lhould  learn  to  praife  him  belt. 

Pause    the  Second 

I  j,   Monarchs  of  wide  command, 

piaiie  ye  th'  eternal  King  ; 
Judges  adore  that  ibv\eigi] 

whence  all  your  lionouis  *P4jfcfc* 

14.   Let  vig'rous  youths  engage 

to  ioiind  his  praifes  high  ; 
W'lile  growing  babes  and  with'riog  age 

their  feebler  \oices  tr^'. 

1  5 .  United  zeal  be  fhewrt, 
his  wond'.oas  frame  to  raife  ; 
God  is  the-  L^rcl  ;    His  name  alone- 
deiervea  our  excite  is  prant,- 

16.   Let  nature  join  with  ait1 
all  pronounce  him  blelt  ; 
Bui  iaints  that  dwell  Co  near  his  heart, 
fliould  iing  his  praiies  belt 


S     A  -  L     M 


:xlix. 


Praife  Co  J9  alibis  faints;  or,  The   Saixfj 
:r:g    ins 

3.  A  LL  ye  that  \ove  the  Lord  rejoice, 
jT~\     and  let  your  longs  be  ne.v  ; 

Amid  It  the  church  with  chearf  ul  voice 
his  latter  wonders  ihtw, 

3,   The  Jeivs,  the  people  of  his  grace, 

{hall  their  Redeemer  fmor  ; 
And  GentiU  nations  join  the  praife, 

while  Tjo n  owns  her  king. 

;.  The  Lord  takes  pleafure  in  thejuft^ 
whom  iinners  tieat  with  feem  ; 


4 


}rt  Psalm     exli.\,  tt 

The  meek  that  lie  defpis'd  in  dull 
falvation  fhall  adorn. 

.;.    p  hits  fhould  be  joyful  in  their  king, 

ev'n  on  a  dyhig  bed  i 
And  like  the  fouls  in  glory  fing, 

for  God  ihall  raife  the  dead. 

5.  Then  his  high  praife  fhall  fill  their  tongues, 
their  hands  fhall  weild  the  fword  ; 

And  vengeance  (hall  attend  their  fongs, 
the  vengeance  of  the  Lord. 

6.  When  Chrifl  the  judgment-feat  afcends^ 
and  bids  the  world  appear, 

Thrones  are  prepar'd  for  all  his  friends^ 
who  humbly  lov'd  him  here. 

7.  Then  fhall  they  rule  with  iron  rod 
nations  that  dai'd  rebel  ; 

And  join  the  fentence  of  their  God^ 
on  tyrants  doom'd  to  heiL 

8.  The  royal  tinners  bound  in  chains^ 
new  triumphs  ihall  afford  ; 

Such  honour  for  the  faints  remains  : 
praife  ye  and  love  the  Lord* 

ThisPfalm  Teems  tobe  written  to  encourage  the  Jews  in  their 
warsagainft  the  Hcathtn  Princes  of  Canaan,  wno  were  divinely  fen* 
Jenced  to  deitruct'on  ;  Bu:  the  four  Jail  verfesof  it  have  been  tee 
mud)  abufed  in  later  ages  to  promote  fedition  and  dilturbance  in  the 
itate  ;  fo  that  I  chafe  to  refer  this  liQr.mr  that  is  here  given  to  all 
ihe  faints,  to  the  diy  of'rad&ment,  according  to  thofe  expreffiens  in 
the  New  Tertament,  Matt,  x  x.  28.  Te  ft all  fit  en  tivefoe  thrones, 
judging  the  tri'ts,  Sec.  1  Cor.  vi.  3.  We  (hail  judge  Angels.  Rev. 
ii.  27.  &  iii.  21.  I  tvifl  g've  him  power  Q-jir  ti.e  naiians,  he  Jhal) 
rule  them  with  a  rod  of  iron,  Stc. 


I 


F    S    A    L    M       CL.       I,    2,    6. 

A  Song  oj  Praife. 

N  God's  own  houfe  pronounce  his  praife* 
his  grace  he  there  reveals  j. 


Psalm 


:I. 


3*9 


To  heav'n  your  joy  and  wonder  raife, 
for  there  his  glory  dwells. 

2.  Let  all  your  facred  paflions  move, 
while  you  rehearfe  his  deeds  ; 

But  the  great  work  of  faving  love 
your  highelt  praife  exceeds. 

3.  All  that  Have  motion,  life,  and  breathy 
proclaim  your  maker  blert  ; 

Yet  when  my  voice  expires  in  death > 
my  foul  fhall  praiie  him  belt. 

The  greateft  part  of  this  Pfalna  fuits  not  my  chief  defi'gn  5 1  have 
therefore  imitated  only  thetwofirft  verfes  and  the  lait  in  a  ihort 
Doxology,   or  Song  of  Praife. 

Yet  iiiice  the  Chrijtian  Doxclogy  is  more  ufed  in  ChriJHan  Aileni- 
blies,  I  have  added  that  alio. 

The  Christian    Doxology. 

Long  Metre. 

TO  God  the  Father,  God  the  Son, 
And  God  the  Spirit,  Three  in  One, 
Be  honour,  praiie,  and  glory  giv'n 
By  all  on  earth,  and    all  in  heav'n. 

Common  Metre. 

LE  T  God  the  Father  and  the  Son, 
and  fpirit  be  ador'd, 
Where  there  are  works  to  make  him   knows*; 
or  faints  that  love  the  Lord. 


Common    Metre,  where    the    Tune    includes  two 
Stanza's. 

I.  HT*  H  E   God  of  mercy  be  ador'd, 

X        who  calls  our  fouls  from  death> 
Who  faves  by  his  redeeming  word, 
and  new  creating  breath. 


1 


220  D    O    X    O     L     O     C     I    B     S. 

a.   To  praife  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 

and  (pirit  all  divine, 
The  One  in  Three,  aud  Three  in  one, 

Jet  faints  and  angels  join. 

Short  Metre. 

YE  Angels  round  the  throne, 
and  faints  that  dwell  below. 
Worship  the  Father,  praife  the  Son, 
and  blefs  the  Spirit  too. 

Ai  the  Ijytfr  Pfaim. 

NOW  to  the  Great  and  facred  Thrc, 
The  Father,  Son,  and  fpirit  be 
Eternal  praife  and  glory  £iv:n, 
Thro'  all  the  worlds  where  God  is  known, 
By  all  the  angels  neat  the  throne, 

And  all  the  iaints  in  earth  and  hea\'n, 

f ~ — 

As  the  148/0  Pfahn. 

TO  God  the  Father's  throne 
Perpetual  honours  raife, 
Glorv  to  God  the  Son, 
To  God  the  Spirit  pia;fl  : 

With  all  our  pow'rsr 
V      i  n  il  Kino, 
T    '  \  e  finer, 

Wiiilc   »aith  adores. 


THE    EN  D^ 


A  N 

INDEX: 

O  R, 

TABLEto  find  a   Psalm  fuited  to 
Particular    Subjects   or   Occasions. 

Note,  in  th'ts  Table  I  have  not  dire  [fed  to  the 
fever al  Parts  or  Metres  of  the  Pfalm.  left  it  fhould 
breed  too  great  a  confufion  of  figures.  What  is  fought 
in  any  pf aim  may  eafily  be  found y  by  turning  a  leaf 
or  two  backward  or  forward,  to  the  diftincJ  Parts 
or  Metres. 

If  you  find  not  what  word  you  feei  in  this  Table, 
feek  another  of  the  fame  fignification :  Or,  feei  it 
■under  fome  of  the  more  general  words  ;  fuch  as 
God,  Chnft,  Church,  Saints,  Pfalro,  Prayer, 
Praife,  Affliction,  Grace,  Deliverance,  Death, 
&c. 

A,  Par4*     inftrp&ion     by 

D  AM  the  fir/}  and  them,  94,    119,18th 

fecond,  their  domi-  part.          fanclitified 

nion,8.  94,   199.  'iSth  part. 

Afflicted,  pity    to  them.  courage       in       them, 

15,    41,    and  tempted  119,       17th       part. 

fupportedy     $5,     145,  em&ved    by    prayer, 

146.  their  prayer,  102,  34,     107.     fubrnifjlon 

144.  faints  happy,  73,  to  them,  39,  123,  I  J* 

119,  14/A  part,  94.  from      me?;,  fee  per- 

Afflictions,  hope  in  them,  fesution.       m    mind 

*3>    42>    77-    Support  and  body,   143,  trying 

and  profit,  119,    14th  cur  graces,    66,  ujf, 


A 


T     N     D     E      X. 


i7Lh  part.  Without 
rye  ft/on,  Sq.  of  faints 
and  (inner s  different, 
94.  gentle,  103.  mo- 
derated, 125.  very 
great,   77,   102,  143. 

Aged  faints  refiettton 
and  hope,  71 . 

All- feeing  God.  139. 

Angels,  guardian.  34, 
9 1 .  all/ubjett  to  Lhriji, 
89,  97.  prai(e  the 
L  or  J,  103.  p  refent  in 
churches,  1  38. 

Appeal  to  Cod  again  ft 
perfecutors,  7.  con- 
cerning  our  fincerity, 
139,  humility,  131 

Afcenfion  of  Chrift,  24, 
47,  68,  110. 

Affiitance  from  Cod, 
138,   144- 

Atheiim  practical,  12, 
14,   36.  pnnijh'd  10. 

At-iibntts  0/  6W,  36, 
in,  145,    147. 

Authoiityyr0//z  God  IS} 
83. 

B, 

BAck Aiding  yV//  /» 
dill refs  and  defe rtion 
2  ~j.  reilor'd%   51.  par* 
dond,    78,   130. 
Bluing    of   Cod  on  the 
,  bu(inefs  and  co??iforts 
of  life,  127* 
Bl    fings    of  a  family, 
123,  133,  of  Anamn, 


144,147.  of  tie  cf... 
try,  65,  147.  of  a  per~ 
,    1,  32,  112. 

Blood  */  6 'Ar///  */**»/: 
:  y&i.,   51,  69. 

v,    19,      119,    4.U 

part. 
Britain's profperity,  67, 

delivered  from  flave- 

ry,      75.     Happmefs, 

147. 
Bot  therly  love,  I  3 3>  r^- 

/roc/,  141. 
Bufinefs   of   life    6 left, 

127. 

C, 

CAre  o/~  Co*/  c^tr  hit 
^  faints,    34, 

Charity  to  the  poor,  17 , 
41,  112.  and  jr'ftic?, 
15,  112  «wx/  with 
imprecations,   35. 

Chailifeinent/^  afflic- 
tions. 

Children  praiftng  Cod, 
8,  made  bUfti?;gs,  127, 
128,     i  nil  rutted    34, 

73, 
Chrilt.  the  fecond  Adam 
his  incarnation,  his 
dominion,  8.  All  all 
fufficiency,  16.  his 
afcenfion,  24,  68, 
no.  the  clinrches 
foundation,  118.  his 
Coming,  the  fig ns  of 
it,  i2.  his  con*)eitei> 


I     N     D     E     X 


■fi on  <? n d  g k  r  ifi : a t '. 
3  Co  veil  a  ni  madt  with 

him.  89.  Fir  ft  and  fe- 
cond    coming,     or  his 
incarnaiun,  kingdom, 
a  n  dj  v dg m  t nt,<) 6 ,  97 , 
98.   the    true  Da\  id, 
89,    35.     A/J     Death 
#W  rtfurreSion,  22, 
16,    69    fA*    eternal 
creator ,  102  exal  ed 
fo  //>*   kingdom,   2,   8, 
21,    72,  110    or/r  ex- 
amples,io9   Faith  i* 
his    blood,     51,    God 
and  man f  89  />/j  God- 
head,  102.  iw  hope, 
4,   51.  his  ii. carnati- 
on and   Sacrifice.  40. 
-the  kingar,d  the  church 
4>is   fpoufe,     45,     his 
kiwgdoin  among 

Gentiles,  72,  87, 
1  ;2.  />//  love  /«  <?#?- 
^/^j,  55,  109.  ^ij 
rnajefty,  97.  99.  A/j 
mediatorial  king- 
dom,  89,  no.  />/r 
obedience  and  death 
69.  ^//  perfonal  glo- 
ries and  government, 
45.  prais'd  by  chil- 
dren, 8.  Priett  and 
king,  1 10  his  reiur- 
r^ction  on  th-e  Lord  s 
day  ,ll%  .ourfrreiiptw 
and  right eoufnefs,  71. 
bit    iujfferings     asid 


3*3 

kingdom,  2,  2  2,  £9. 
A/s  lufFering  /  r  0/zr 
falvat'ton,  69  A/J  Z  ai 
«;/</  reproaches,  69. 
Chriiiian  quaiificati 
15,  24.  Church  made 
oj  Jew s^;.u  Gentiles 

87. 

Church,     i/;     beautv, 

'  45,      48,     122,      the 

birth-place  of /ah  ts9 

87.     bnile    on    Jefus 
Chrid,    118.  Deli o lit 
andfajety  in  it,   27. 
Deftruction    oj  ene- 
??iies    froceedj    from 
thence,    76.  Gather- 
ed and  fettled,  132. 
of  the  Gemiles,    45, 
147.   God  fights  for 
her,  10, 10 ,  46.  God's 
prefence     there,    84, 
I  -.2.     God's  fpecial 
ditigit,      87,       i;2, 
God's     garden,     92. 
Going  /o  //,  122.  fA* 
houie      and   care  of 
God,  135.  of  the  Jews 
*>/</    Gentiles,     87. 
its      increafe,       67. 
Prayer     &     difirefs, 
So.   Perfecuted,  jee 
Persecution.        Ke- 
f^ored  by  prayer,  8  Jr 
102,  107      its  ialety- 
in    national  defotati- 
ens,  46.  is^he  fatiptjr 
£md  honm^r  oj    a  ua- 


INDEX, 


tion,  48.  the  fpoufe 
of  Chrijf^S-  lts  wor- 
ihip  and  order,  48. 
Wrath  agai\jl  ene- 
mies  proceeds  thence, 

76. 

Colonics  planted,   107. 

Comfort,  holinefs  and 
pardon,  4,  32,  119, 
11M  <z#rf  12.' A  parts. 
/?;/rf  fupport  in  God, 
16,  94.  from  ant'ient 
Providences,  77,145. 

of  /if?   £/<?/?,     127. 

and  pardon,  130. 

Company  of  faints,  16, 
■  109. 

Complaint  0/  ab fence 
ft  om  public  inorfhip, 
42.  0/  ficknefs,  6.  0/ 
defertion,  13.  /Virf*, 
atheifm,  opprefion, 
&c  10,  12.  of  temp- 
tat/on,  13.  general 
102  of  quarrefome 
neighbours,  120.  of 
^tfz;^  afflictions  in 
viind  and  body ,  143. 

Compailion     0/     Corf, 

103,   145,  147. 
Communion  with  faints 

106,   133. 
Confeflion    cf  o//r  />o- 
t;^r/)-,  16.   of//;;,  r<?- 
ptntance,  and  pardon, 

32,  38>5^i3°>14?- 

Conicieuce,        tender, 

119,    13M  part.    ;7j 


£»//*  relieved,  32,  38, 
51,  130. 

Contention  cow/plained 
of  120. 

CouveiTe  w/M  God,  63, 
1  r  9 ,  2."/  part. 

Converfiou  and  joy, 
126.  #/  the  afce?ijion 
of  Chrijl,  no.  of 
Jews  <z//rf  Gentiles, 
87,  96,  rf/zrf  106. 

Correction,  /£*  Afflic- 
tion. 

Corruption  of 'manners 
general,  1 1,  12. 

Counfel  <z«rf  Jupport 
from  God,  16,  119. 

Courage///  d$ath,  16, 
17,  71.  in  perfecu- 
tion,  1 19,  1  "jth  part. 

Covenant  ;;zrfrf^  with 
Chrifi,  ^89.  of  £rrff<? 
unchangeable,  89,106 

Creation  <?«rf  Provi- 
dence, 33,  104,  135, 
136,    147,   148. 

Creatures,  ;/o  /r^y?  in 
them,  33,  62,  146. 
Vain,  and  God  all- 
fuffcient,  33.  Praif 
ing  God,  148. 

D 

DAILY  devotion  $$, 
139- 
Day  of  humiliation  for 
difappointments       in 
war,  60. 


I     N     D     £ 

fit  on 

of  C 

rr/, 

- 

•     22, 

I 

121. 

. 
lS,6l. 
Deb 

Delighl    . 

119,    ;/.'-, 

Delii 

pa  cle- 

difli 

death,  31,  I 

fecution,  5  3 


X. 

•  i3>  2>>   S8* 
J- 

Dciiie     o/"    ^ 

119,  9"/>  p*rr.   c/  ho- 
),  J  t;  t  t  r ^  part* 

119.' 
F  ; 


Devotion, 

1  ?4j   T  4 r  ?    ■■' 

f  mora- 
.1     .        onl's 

rip  *// 

,     -•    - 

kno        rtffe, 

-'  — 

Diie 

51,  130. 

Dcmn'on  0/ 
,  S. 

12b. Jrc  reck     D 

107      ;  ider, 

Dn 

107. 
D  u  t  \ 


1 1 .  Surpi  ifeig,  1 

jrovi  tei  5,  3 

6,    13,     18. 
pit,  1 1 S . 
Defmio:i   .. 

"G 


5*6  I     N 

Dwelling  t>fei 

Heaven, church, 


L 


EDu  cation,     religi- 
..;,     73.    E* 
gypt'j  105. 

End    of    righteous    and 

:d,  1,37. 
Enemies  overcome,  i3. 

/>r/yvi/  for,  35,  1 09. 

de[troycd}  12,  48,  76. 
E  nvy  ;?/;</  unbelief  cured 

?7,  49- 
Equity  and   wifdom   of 

Providence,  9." 
Evening />/*/*«,  4.1:9, 

141. 
Evidences  of  grace,   or 
ft  if  examination,  26./ 

of  jmcerity,  18,    19, 

T39- 
Evil  times j  12.    Neigh- 
bours ,     I20.     Magi- 
rates,  ii,  58,  82. 
Exaltation  0/  £7Ar///  to 
the    kingdom,   2,    21, 
22,  69,  72,  no. 
Examination,    sr    evt- 
::e    of  grace,    26, 
1:9. 
Exortations     to  peace 
ihefs,    34. 


T^Aith  and  prayer  of 
**    /  tints* 

c;     /*;;   the 


D     E     X. 

C£r//?,  33,  51.  i, 

e  grace  and  power, 
62,  130. 
Faithfulneis     of  God, 

89,   105,    in,    1 

I46.      &/"     «*#,        IS, 

141. 

Fallhood,      blaffhi 
&c.  12.   tfo4   eppr-f- 
fion,  deliverance  from 
them,  12,  56. 

Family  g  over nmemt,  1^x1 
Love  and  ivorftip , 
133.  Blejiags,  "128. 

Fears  aW   doubts  fnp- 
pref},    3,    31,  34.    /« 
£ta  worfhif    of  ( 
89,  99.  sf  £?*/,  no, 
T  3//?  part. 

Flattery  */#</  tftffjf 
complained  of %  12,36. 

Forgivenefs,  /^  Par- 
don. 

Formal   iDorfhip,  50. 

Frailty  0/  ftfczfej  89,  90, 
144. 

Fretfulnefs   <///£•  n 

Friendship,  ///  iAr/" 

x33- 
Funeral  pfalmx  89,  90. 


C'  Entiles  £rttefl  ft 
cTr///,  2,  22,  72. 
Church,  4;.  6j,  ^2, 
87.  Owning 

'.  47,  95>  9s- 


I     N     D 

•  -   - 

8. 

act  pro?m 

G I  «j  c  • 

God    all    m   all,  x.   7. 
all-feeing,   1  -9,  all- 
fuffi^ienr.     j6, 
hh  being,  a\. 
ar.:l  ffCt  tdt*ce7 
6?,    147.  his  care  cf 
fatbits,      7,      ;4. 
c  rear  ion    and  prt 
dsncs,  33,    1 04,   kc. 
Qur  defence  and 
ration,     3,    35,     61. 
115.     eternal,    and 
fovereigr.,    and   r 
9:   eternal.  1 

rfcf/J         go,       I02« 
faithfulnefs, 
105.    hi     glorifi 

00, 
goodnM 
*0%    *4$     goodficis 

g jverni 

goodnsfi,  66.     great 
*  S,    1  44, 
145,      147.      heart- 
fearching.    1:9.    . 

!  tip s 
tl|J  :Jge,   9, 

50,  97,    kin- 

145,  146 

G  f 


E     X. 

rn  .: 

coi  1  r : . 

144   UK 

.89,     10;,     1 
145.   made    man    8, 
of  natu 

perfections, 
iit,    145.   M7- 
po;t: 
Ciii  ,.  4' 

f»f  portion 
hereafter, 
power 

68,    B$r,     9!,    96, 
praisM   /^    chUdrtn, 
8,     Mflr     prefrn  <  r, 
icr,     j;8. 
/■-,   Wj    churchfj}    B4, 

refuse  /;;    ;  . 
/r<?/  troubles,   46, 
foe p herd,   2:  All    fo- 
rei 

•  -fnpport 
;  9  4.;  a  pre  me 
-r>      75»     82, 
9  J  •  vcnoeance    *//</ 
-■;,     6?.     97 
i//m  ,        ?9, 

j  1 1  aphreHM 

dor*:.  .:. .     re:,     /fij 
wifiiom  vrtf, 

III.     1:9.      worthy 
cf  ;',     1 4;, 

1  150.       * 
Good    works,    15,   24. 
1 1: 
C«4  16.' 


—s 


I      N     D     S     X. 


i 


Ooodnefs     of  Cod,     8, 
I.ojf  III,  145,   146. 
pel,    its  glor\ 
\cefiy  19.  45,  no. 

I,  £9. 9S. 

Government   oj  Chriji, 

^.jrv.n  Cod  75. 
Grace,    its     evtdences] 

er    f  if  ■  t  x  1  m  i  n  ait  0  n , 
26,   139.  above   tith- 
es, 144.   without  v:e- 
rit,   16,  32.  oj  Chrily, 
45,  72.    and  1  / 1 
i     ...     :;,     36,    1 
136,  147.  /• 
*a^     rejjorhig,   138. 
7V»  f  /;  tf  -  d  *  r  6  /  e  ft  i  0  ft , 
57.     tryed   by    affile* 
tiers,   17,    66,    125. 
and  glory,     84,    97, 
pardoning,  130. 
Guilt  ofconfeience    re* 

/iw</,3i>38>5i/i.go, 

H 

HAppy   faint,     and 
enrfed  /inner,  1. 
Harveft,  65,  126,  T 
Health,    fi chiefs 

recovery,  6,     :o,       i . 

Heart    known    to    God, 

i;8. 
Heaiing  - 
fajvaiion,  4,  10, 

IC2. 

Heaven      c/    /*/  • 


\f.   the  flints   a 
11 rg- place,  24. 
Ho  line  is,     par;'.::    and 

lie,   I  Till  pan.  />r$- 

Ho,)C  ;;:  darknefi.    13, 

77,  143-  '/  r^- 
reSion,  16,  71.  ^//</ 
defpair  in  death,  1  7, 
49.  rf/*i  prayer,  27. 
y$r    vicicyy  20.    *//</ 

//5/;j,    42,   143. 
Hofanna  of  the  children 

8 .   for  the  L  ord'j-  day, 

liS. 
lJxQu{h6\d,fee  Family. 
Humiliation   day,   10. 
for  dtfippoint7neni,to 
Humility   a  n  d  fu : 

fen,  39,  131. 
Hypocrites    and    fyfo- 

crify,  12,  50, 


IDolatry  r  cproicd, 16 } 
115,  135- 
Jehovah,  68  -}yr^:gnh 

93,  06,  97. 
Jews,  fie  lh  ael. 
Images,  fee  Idolatry* 
linpi  e cations  and 

rUy,    35 
iucaFnatiOOy     9^»    97; 

9S.  tf^^  f aerifies   oj 

Chriji ,  I 


I     N     D 

Infants,  l$ty'fic  Chil- 
dren. 

Induction  from  Cod, 
25.  jrom  fcripture, 
119,  4J1  and  7th 
parrs,   in  piety,    :  4. 

In  i  t  r  u  c  t  i  v  e  ^//  c7  *  3  n  s  , 
94. 

In  re iii pc ranee  puniflr- 
cd,  78.  and  pay  deed, 
IC7; 

Joy  of  converfiofjy  12  j. 
/*?  Delight. 

Ifrael  faved  jrom  the 
Ally  rains,  76.  faved 
from  Egypt,  tf//^ 
ught  to  Canaan, 
77/105,  IOf,  135, 
136.  Rebellion,  and 
punilhment,  73.  ^#- 
nijhed and  pardoned \ 
lo5,  107.  Travels 
in  the  wilder  nefs,\Q7 
II 4. 

Judgment    dftfrf  mercy, 

9,  68.  Z;^>,  r,  50, 

96,    97>     9s'    M9- 

iSV«s/  0/  (76//,  9. 
J  u  ft  ice   oj   Providence, 

y.  and  truth    towards 

men,   15. 
JulUiicatioa  free,   727 

120. 


e"  x:.  j«y 

King  V/illiani,  */;</ 
Xing  George    75. 

Kingdom  oj  Chrijt,fe 
Clniii. 

Knowledge  de fired, 10, 
I 19,  91I1  pait. 

L 

AW    of  Cod,    de* 
_j    light  in  it,  119. 
Liberality      rewarded, 

41,    112. 
Lile    and   riches     their 

vanity,  49.  fhirt  and 
febte,  89,-90,  144. 
Longing  ajterGod,  42, 

Lord's-day  pfalm,  92, 
118.  Morning,  5,19, 

63. 

Love  g/"  6W  /3  fiS<f 
rights otes,  a?id  hatred 
to  ihe  wicked,  I,  ir, 
to  our  neighbour,  15. 
of  Chriji  to  fmners, 
35.  of  Cod  better 
than  life,  68.  of  Cod 
tin  c  h  a  ng  cable,  Sg, 
106.  to  enemies,  25, 
109.  Brother iy ,  133. 
*  a:  V  w  0  rfnip  in  a  fa- 
mily, 133. 

Luxury  punifced,  78. 
a n d  p ardc ned,   107. 


THE    King   is    the 
care    of  heaven, 


M 


M 
Agiftrates  warn^ 
d,  58.  82.  Qua- 


I'tficationSy  101.  raij- 
td  and  depojed.  75. 
Mijeity  of  God,  6Z.fct 

God'. 
Man,  his  vanity  as 
mortal,  ^9,  89,  ofOf 
144.  dfo  mj  /  n  i  0  n  over 
creatures,  8.  Mortal, 
and     Ckrift     etemad, 

102.  wonderful  for- 
mation, 139. 

Marriage   my  flic  a  I,  45. 
Mariners  pfdlm*  107. 
Mailer  c/"  a  fami/y,  101 
Meditation,  1,63,110, 

5th  tfft^/  6th  parts. 
Melancholy     reproved, 

42    and  hope,  77.  /v- 

moved,  126. 
Mercies,    common    and 
fpecial,  68,  lopfpi* 

ritual   a*nd  temporal, 

103.  innumerable , 
139,  e  v  er  I  a  flings  136. 
recorded,  107.  #W 
judg??ient,  9.  ^;/^/ 
/r////;  of  Cod,  36,  89, 
103,  136,    145,  146. 

Merit  difctaimed,    16. 
Meffiah,  /*?  Chrift. 
Midnight  thoughts,  63, 

139,     119,    5  th     #/;</ 

6th  parts. 
Mi nifters  ordained?  132 
Miracles  i/2  //;<?  wilder- 

nefs,  114, 
Mortyxjr  pfalm,  3,  41. 

of  a  fabbath, 5,19,63. 


D     E     X. 

Mortality    of  vian, 
49,   i)0.  and  hope fiy. 
and    Cod's     eterni'y, 

()C,   IG2  . 

N 

NAtions  honour  and 
fafety  is  the  church 
48.  pro/per  it  y,  67, 
I  44.  £/*/?  and  punijb- 
cd,  107. 

National  deliverance, 
67,  75?76,  124,12  5. 
deflations  the  church- 
es fafety  and  triumph 
in  them,   46. 

Nature  tfW  fcripture, 
19,  119,  7th  part. 
o/'  ?#<Z7;,  I  ^9. 

Ne  w  -  E  n  gl  and  £/i  /;;/, 
107. 

November  /,fo  5/^,1 1 5^ 
124. 

O 

OBedicnce  fincere, 
32.  18,  39.  Af//^r 
?&*»  facrifice,  50. 
Old    age,    death,     90. 
/?w^/  refurrcttion,   1  7, 

89. 

Onmiprefence,  Om- 
nifcience,  Omnipo- 
tence, &c.  fee  God. 


P 


Ardon,        holinefs^ 
and  comfort,  4...  of 


I     W     D 

:ngy  78.  k*i 
diretfio/i,  25  and  re- 
pentavec  prayed  for, 

oj  original  and  a  final 

fn,      51. 

luiti  Co.!. 
Pa  t  i  e  n  c  e    u  n  de  r    c  fj{:  c  - 

tionsy   39.   under fer- 
tutions,  37,  44.     in 

darftn  efs ,      77,    1  3  c, 

1:1. 
Peace  and  ho  line fs  en- 

c  our  aged,     34.      with 

7?i  en  de  fired,  20. 
Perfections    of    Gcd, 

36,    in,  145,147. 
Perfecuted  faints, their 

prayer  and  faith ,    35, 

44,  74,8a,  83. 
Pcriecutors,    victory  o- 

ver    and   deliverance 

fro77i    it,  7,     53,  94. 

courage   in     it,    jio, 

17th   part. 
Perfecutors      punifhed, 

7,     129,     149.    //>?/r 
Jolly y  14.    complained 

°f>  35>44>74j  8 o;8:. 

Deliverance         Jro7?i 

them,  04, 
Perfbverance,    13B.  /« 

try  ah,      119,       17th 

part. 
Perfonal      glories        of 

Chrjfi,  45. 
Peftilence,  preservation 

m  it.  91 


e    x.  j*i 

Piety,  infvutlion  there* 

in,  :-4-  / 
Pitv  fo    tkeaffiiCled,  41, 

/Lc  Charity,    God. 

£9,  12  ).  ^A^ 
pntmifssi  119.  roth 
paVt. 

'Poor,     charity  to     then, 

iy,  37,  4r>   i^- 
Portion    o/"  Cu'iuti     and 
vers,     n;   17,   37. 
Poverty    confeft,   16. 
Power   £»//     Mtf/e 

Co/*,  63,  S9,  145.;^ 

6W. 

Practical   aiheijm,     14, 

Praiie  fa  Co*/  ^rc/o  chil- 
dren, 8.  for  creati- 
on and provide). a,  33, 
104.  rs  w/r  creator, 
100.  fro7?i  all- crea- 
tures, 14S.  for  emi- 
nent deliverance,  3  4, 
1  1  8-  genera],  86, 
14;,  I  50  /or  the  gof- 
pel,  98.  /or  health 
r* fibred,  30,  116,  for 
hearing  prayer,  66, 
102.  fo  Jefts  Chritt, 
^;.fro?7i  all  nations, 
t  j  7.  and  prayer  pu- 
blic, 65.  for  protecti- 
on, grace,  and  truth, 
57.  ybr  providence 
#/;;/  grace,  36.  yir 
rain^6s,    147.    /rc?/z 


i 


the  flints,  149,  1 5"0. 
for  1?  m\>\}v  dibit  flings , 
£,~J ,  68.  for  tempta- 
tions ivereo?ne,  18. 
for  vicloi  y  in  war,  18. 
Pi  a)  er  heard,  4,  34,  65. 
6  ».  //;  f/V»*  -/  aitfr, 
2  0  and  hope  rf  victo- 
ry, 20  and  pra'tfe 
public,  65.  and  Hope, 
27.  in  church's  dif- 
trefs,  80.  heard,  and 
Zim  reflored,  102. 
an*1  faith  of  per ft 

>****,  3*i  §7;  56. 
<2;;^/  praife  for  delive- 
rance, $4*  fir  re  pen' 
tancs  and  pardon,  kc. 
38.    /itf   Complaint. 

Preserving  £/-,?r.j,    1  ;8. 

Prelervatiou  *»  public 
dangers,  46,  91,  112, 
rf*l/jp  121  i 

Pride,  and  Atheijm,  and 
opp  r  effio  n  p  tin  ifh  e  dy\o, 
12,  and  death,   49. 

Prieithood  ofChrih,  ji, 
I  10. 

Princes  oaJn,  62,    146. 

Profeliion  if  fincertty 
and  repentance,  k<\ 
119.  ^i  part,.  lyo, 
fa//e,so. 

Promises  and  threat' 
flings,  81.  pleaded, 
119,    lotli  part. 

Profperity     ^vr 
5Sj  73- 


I      N     D     E     X. 


Profperousyftrirm   cur* 

f'*j   11\   49>   7?. 

Protection,  Truth  and 
grace,  57.  by  day  and 
night,    12    . 

Providence,  its  wrfdom 
and  equity y  9.  and 
creation,  33,  1:5, 
i;6.  *zW  grace,  ;6, 
147.  <-/W  ptrfe&hns 
of  C 

ry    unfolded^    7;.     r^- 
eorded,  77,  78,   107. 
/;/  ^ir;  earth, 
35',  65,  89.  104.  : 

147 
Prudence  ■/.  "9. 

Pfalm  /^r  foidters,  \  3, 
60.  for  oid  age,  71. 
y$r    A/</i  .    05. 

/  6  r  a  f  u  72  era  J,  89.  90. 
yir  /^  Lord's  day,  92. 
,;v  prayer,  95.    .  .  - 
/W   Jermon,  95.  jfer 
/!/ g:;' rates,     1  o  I .  for 
C'-s    icr.      /cr  ■ 
;i,      107,     /or 
glutton*     and     di 
ards,    107.  fr}-  Ne  v- 
Eugland,     107      /or 
//?  g  5  r/;  i  f  N  o  v  e  { n  her , 
1  f5;  124.  for  Great- 
Britain,  67,  n%rfct 
ii.orning,    evening. 
be. 
Public  praife  j 

re  hi,      116, 
fii  124- 


I     N     D     E     X. 


I  nee  from 

it  : 

'    '  n , 

pray  er  ah  ,6  ^ 

S4. 
Punimment  t 

I,   11,  37,  and  falva- 

tion,  73,  3 1,  106.  /** 

anTiclion. 
Purpofes,     holy,      119, 

rrth  part. 

CL. 

Qualifications  of  a 
Chrijiian,   if,  24. 
Qn  a  r  relfo  me  ;; eigh b :  »r J 

120. 

Quickening  grace }\  19, 
J  6th  part. 

R 

RAIN  from  heaven , 
65,  135,   147. 
Recovery  from  (icknefs, 

6,  50,   116. 
Rejoicing  r/j    Cod,  18. 

/^f  joy,  delight. 
Relative  duties,  1  5*,  133. 
Religion  andju/!ice,i  5, 

/>/  words  and deeds,  37. 
Reli o-ious  education,  2 4, 

78. 
Remembrance    cf  for- 
mer deliverances,  77, 

143. 
Repentance,    cc>;fejjlrjn 
d  par  dm  i    --:.    tftf// 

prayer ] or  pardon  and 


in  the  blood  of  C 

Reproach,  removed.  31, 

37; 
Resignation;    39,    123, 

1  il. 
Rciblutions,  ,k/y,  119, 

1 5th  part. 
Redo  ring    grace,     23, 

r38.   ^ 
Rciurrection  #>:i  ^fcf/£ 

of    Chri<},    2,    16.     c/ 

the  faints,  16,  17,  49, 

7i,  <3/*i  death,  49,  7f, 

89. 
Re>erence  in    -jecrfiip, 
89,  99.  ^ 
Revolution  ly  hingWil- 

liam,  75. 
Kiches,  their  vanity,  49. 

compared  with  grace, 

144, 
Righteous  y^e  faints. 
Righttouihefs,       /rc//j 

Chrijt,   71.  /?<?  falva- 

tion,  pardon, Chriit. 


SAbbath,  /**    Lord's 
day. 
Sacrifice,   40,     51,   60, 
incarnation  of  Chrijl, 

Safety  in  public  dangers, 
91.  and  triumph  oj 
rch,      it:     natii 


{Lions. 
^  9 


A 


53* 


1     If.  D     E     X. 


Cod,  b  \ .  and  delight 
in  the  church,   27. 

Saints   h  ;  ;'  [in- 

ner 5  curfed,  1,  119, 
lib  part,  fcftty  /;;  e 
vt I  ihr.es ,  12,  46,  *#* 
com  fan)  ,1  :j.  ?#*• 
ra::er>ztd,  is,  24. 
and  [inner s  portion,  1 , 
1 7,  */^//  /;;  heaven, 
1 5,  24.  punifhed  and 
faved,  78,  106.  Cg^'s 
<;#/*<?  of  them,  34.  /?*- 
w^rrf  *tf  lad,  50,.  90, 
92  */;</  [inner s  end, 
I,  11,  27.  Patience 
and  world's  hatred \  3  7 . 
ch  a /fifed  and  [inner 5 
deflroyed,  94.  <//>,  ^//r 
C7?r/<?  //£/£/,  102.  />//- 
fiifhed  and  pardoned, 
106,  107,  conduced 
to  heaven,  106.  107. 
frj^rf  ##</  preferved, 
66,  125.  ajftittiont 
7/10 derated,  12$.  ju  dg- 
ing  the  world,   149. 

Salvation  of  faints,  10. 
and  triu?»ph,  18.  <7tf</ 
defence  in  God,  61. 
^  C*r/J?,   69,   85. 

Sanctified  afTiclions, 
94,    119,  lait  part. 

S.xttinfubdued,  3,6,  13. 

-.Scripture  compared 

with  the  book  of  ?ia- 
ture,  19,  119,  7th 
p  4rt.  Jnjlruclionjrom 


if,    119,     4th     part. 

dc -light  in  it,  rip,  ;th 

y    and  (8th  parts,    Ho- 

fort 

from    it,     1  [9,     , 

parr,  perfection,  1  ro^ 

7t*) 

excellency^  1 19,    81  li 

part,    attended  with 

the  fpirit,     119,  -9th 

part. 
Seafbns  of  the  yearns, 

147. 
Seaman'/  fong,  107. 
Secret  devotion,  34,119 

2d  parr. 
Seeking  Cod,  63. 
Self-examination,     or 

evidences     of  grace, 

26,  i39« 
Seper ate  fouls,  heaven, 

17. 
Shepherd    of  faints    Is 

Cod,  23. 
Shipwreck    prevented, 

107. 
Sick-bed   devotion,     6, 

3%,  39- 

Sicknels  healed.  6,  30, 
116. 

Signs   0/*  Chrifi's   com- 
ing,  12,  96,  &c. 

Sin  of  nature,  l/±.origi~ 
rial  and  atfuai,  con- 
feffed  and  pardoned, 
5  r.  rfW  chap  if  en 
of  faints,  78,  loS. 
univtrfal,  1 4. 


INDEX. 


Sincerity |   19.'  26,  32, 
1^9.  prof  ell    and   re- 
.  rdcdj  iS,  1 19.   30! 
par:. 

Sinner  curfd,  and  faint 
>pjf  I,  it.  and 
faints  portion j  1,  ry, 
57,  50.  Haired  and 
faints  patience,  37. 
■def'royed  and  faints 
chaffed,  94. 

Sins  i,f  tongue,  12,3 4>5°* 

Slander,  deliverance 
frrm  it,    pi. 

Song,  /^  Plata. 

Sorrow,  /£$■  affliction, 
fickneis,   &c. 

Souls  in  fe  par  ate  (late, 
17,   146,  150. 

Spirit  £/tf*a  at  Cbrifl** 
afcenjion,  68,  />// 
t each tii g  defiredy  51, 
119,  9th  part. 

Spiritual  enemies  over- 
come',  3,  i8j  144 
BUffings  and  puntfh- 
?nenis>  81  Mindednefs 
119,  2  J  part.  S;£ 
faint,  grace,  <£r£. 

Spoufe  ofChritlthe  king 
is  the  church,  45. 

Spring  of  the  year,  6s. 
and  fn vim er,  65,  ic^. 
*/;;/  winter  147. 

Storm  *«</  thunder,  29, 

Strength,  repentance 
and  pardon  prajedj  or  9 


38.    /W?.*  67  W/?,    71. 

of  grace,    138. 
Submiffion,   1 23,    131. 

/c  wSr/j^,  2.   /a    /t/(- 

«<?/},  39- 
Succefs    rf   the  gofpi.l, 

19,   no. 
Sur:'  4  death  of 

Chrifj  .2  2.  and  king- 
■>u  trf  Ckrifij  2,  22, 

69,  no 
Son  mer,  65.  tf»tf  u//z- 

rrr;  147. 

"Support  #//<?  council from 
Cod,  16.  /or  /£*  */- 
fiitfedand  tempted, $  £. 
^7?^/  comfort  in  Cody 
94,   119,   14th   pait. 

Suicty  and  Jacrifice, 
thrill,   40. 


TEmptations  over- 
come,  %,  18.  in 
f  chief,  6.  £/**/* 
from  thevi,  25,  of  the 
devil,  13.  Support  un- 
der them,    3,   55,  94. 

Tempter,  fee  Satan. 

Tender  confeience,  119, 
13th  part. 

Thanks  public  for  pri- 
vate mercies,  116, 
118.  fee  Praife. 

Threatnings  and  pr$- 
mifes,  81.        * 

Thunder  and  florm,  29* 
*»l   136,   148. 


^6 


I      N     D     E 


r  T,     72. 

;.  .9. 
Tri 

•    T~5>   of 
our  hearts,    36,    1:9, 

Triurnpn  /V  faivation, 
1 8.  «W  fafety  of  the 
church  in  ft a-i ona I  de+ 
Jo/atiuus,  46.  at  the 
taft  day,  149. 

Troubles,  fee  A fill /li- 
ons, Teniptatu  w*. 

Trttfl  **  //•j  creatures 
vain,   62,   146. 

Truth,  grace  and  pro- 
tection, Sly  H-5,  M$j 
yjtf  God,faithtuinefs, 

Tumult,  deliverance 
from  it,   1 1 8. 

V 

VANITY  6/  *»*»  as 
mortal,  ^9,? 9. 144 

?/*  /!J  e  an ^  rtcb » ■ >  49  • 

Vengeance  and  compaf 

fon,   68,    again ft    the 

enemies  of  the  church, 

;76,  149. 

Victory  hoped  and  pray  - 

ed  fur,   20,6 v  i  r  t  e mp  - 

tat  ions,     6,    18,    144. 

c:.vr  temporal  enemies, 

18.     tf  >:^   ^/c /  !z/f  r* /; c e 

from  per fe cation,    53. 

Vnieyard  oj  Ctd  waft . 

*</,  80. 

<\/,    37.  punched,   95. 


Unchangeable  6'c 

r  m. 
Vow  s  /.,/./  in  the  c  ' 
116.  ;  19, 

1 5  tii  part. 


\ 


W 

*  7  AITlNG/sr  />*r- 
V     don  andditecli 
2S,j<trt  tray* 

tr,    85,    I43> 

\\  ar,   /  t  aj  me  of 

it,     20.      Vifappoint* 
inert*    therein^  60. 

vicloryy    18.  fpiritual? 

18,  144. 
Warnings  ofCodfo  his 

people',' '81. 
Watchf ulneis,  19,  T47. 
r    //v   tongue y   39. 
Weather,  65,  107,  1:5, 

147,  148. 
Wicked,    _/}<?      (inner, 

ia  int. 
Wickednefs    c/~     ia**, 

14,  36,  51. 
Wind,  fee  providence, 

iea4ons,   ftorms. 
Wiwtcr    and     fumn  er, 

147. 
Wiiuom   and   equity    of 
pr  evidence,  9.  of  Cod 9 
is  works,   1  j  r. 
Word  of  God,  fee  Scrip- 
ture. 
Wovks    of   creation  and 
providence,  104,  147, 

1 48.  and   gracCp   19, 


7 


INDEX.  :    7 

23,   rii,   i?;,     136.  ffnce  from  it,  ^2   fyf** 

Good  profit   wen,  net  Wrath,*™./  mercy  from 

God,   16.  the  judgment  feat)  9. 

World's      hatred       and  Jce  more  in  God  jm- 

faint's   patience,    12.  iitfhmciit,      finners 

Worfhip    and    order   of  vengeance, 
the  go/pel,  48.  Delight 
in  tt,  84     ioith    reve- 
rence, 89,    99.  daily ,  ^jfEVL  and  prudence y 
S5>  i?4  t4i*s**fa-  Jr_4   39* 
wi'Ay.  1;:                  i    ,  Zum  i/j  citizens,  i$*fee 
84,  122,    132.     i^S-  Church. 

TX*  £W  e/  /*<?   7rf£/*   0/  Contents. 


A     T  A  B.  L  E 

To  find  oat    any   Psalm,  or  Parr  of  a  P- alm> 
ie  rirfl  Line  of  it. 

A  Page 

ALL  ye  that  love  the  Lrrd  rejoice  517 

Almighty  ruler  of  the  ikies  iS 

Am rdft  thy  wreath,  remeraher  love  C2 
Among  the.aliembjies  of  the  great 

Among  the  princes  earthly   gods  172 

And  will  the  God  of  grace  166 

Are  are  all  tlrr  foes  of  5/ rm  fools  116 

Are  finners  now  ib  ienielefs  grown.  2 3 

A  rife  my  gracious  Got!  -4 
Awake,  ye  faints:  To  praife  your  king  *     28s 
B 

BEHOLD  the  lofty  iky  Ai 

Behold  the  iove,  the  gen'reus  3ove  7 ■ 
B-rbcld  the  morning- i mi 
Behold  rhe  fare  foundation -{tone 
Beheld  thy  waiting  fervant,  Lord 
"H    h 


TABLE. 


ifcefs,  O  my  foul,  the  living  God         Pac 
Blclt  are  the  Ions  ofpeace  2S2 

Bleft  ate  the  fouls  t'« at  hear  and  know        177 
Bleft  arc  the  nnde.ii'd  in  heart  -.7 

Bled  is  the  man,   tor  ever  bled 
Blell  is  the  man  ft  bote  bowels  move  89 

Bleit  is  (he-man  who  fiiuns  the  place  1 

Ji.eft  is  the  nation  where  the  L  h  d  63 

C 
Hlldren  in  years  and  knowledge  vour 
j    Come  children,  learn  to  fear  the  Lon 


Come,  let  our  voices  jf>in  to  raiie 

Come,  found  his  praiie  abroad 
Confider  all  ca\  (01  rows,  Lord, 
D 

DAVID  rejoic'd  iu  God  his  ftrenoth 
Deep  111  our  hearts  let  us  lecoid 
K 

EARLY,   my  God,  without  delay 
Exali  the  Loid  out  God, 
F 

FAR  as  thy  name  is  known 
Father  I  bieis  thy  gelule  hand 
Fathei  Ifm<r  thv  woiui'rous  grace 
Firm  and  unmowl  me  they 
Firm  was  mv  heal  was  brigli 

heart  believe  and  27 

For  ever  !  lefled  be  the  Lord 
For  1 
Fi  on: 

From  all  that  <  low  the  Ikies* 

From  dee;'  diltrefs  and  troubled  tho 
G 

C1VE  tl  to  God:    He  reigns  abc 

Gii  e  10  God,  11  .    .  v   2  '  ~ 

five  high 

0  Gcd  tin  n  Lord 

e  to  cur  God  imtm  <ie 


194 
194 

47 

124 

:  -: 

TOO 

141 

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A      TABLE. 

Give  to  the  Lord,   ye  Tons  of  fame 

G   d  in  his  earthly    emple  lays 

God  is  rhe  refuge  of  his  taints 

God  mv  fupporter  and  my  hope 

God  of  eternal  love 

Got!  of  my  childhood  and  my  ydfcth 

G    d  of  mv  life  look  genth  down 

God  of  mv  mercy  and  my  praife 

Good  is  the  Lord,  the  heavY.lv  king 

Great  God,  attend  wln'f   Z  ;     fi     _ 

Great  God,    how  oft  d  d  lfr.nl  prove 

Great  Ood  indulge  mv  humble  claim 

Great  God,  the  heav'ns  well  order'd  fram 


335 

Pa^e   69 

i74 

9^ 

1  jo 

220 

M) 
8? 

7  2  7 
I  '2 

1 68 
162 

126 


Great  God,  whole  onirerfal  fway 

Great  is  the  Lord  exalted  high 
Great  is  the  Lord,   Iii^  works  of  might 
Great  is  the  Lord  our  God 
Gieat  Shepherd  of  thine  ljr.nl 
H 

HAD  not  the  L      I,  may  Tfraet'Gy. 
Happy  is  lie  that  fears  the  Lord 
Happy  the  city  where  their  ions 
Hippy  the  ma.i  to  wbc::i  his  Gcd 
Happy  the  man  whole  cautions  feet 
Hear  me,  O  God,  nor  hide  thy  face   - 
Hear  what  the  Lord  in  ti(bn  laid 
Help,  Lord,  for  men  of  virtue  fail 
Hereirrns  :  the  Lord  the  Saviour  reigns 
He  that  hath  made  his  ref  ge  God 
High  in  the  heav'ns,  eternal  God 
How  awful  is  thy cha (filing  rod 
How  did  mv  heart  rejoice  to  hear 
How  fa(t  their  guilt  and  for  rows  rife 
How  long,  O  Lord,  fhall  I  complain 
How  long  wilt  tliou  conceal  thy  face 
How  pleafant,  how  divinely  fair 
How  pleafant  'tis  to  fee 
How  pleas'd  and  blefVd  was  I  < 

How  ihall  tke  young  fecure  their  hearts 


146 


99 

103 

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206 
1  77 


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185 

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31 
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26 

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268 
250 


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I  Pa^e 

7Ehovak  reigns  :   he  dwells  in  light  189 

Jeft4S9  onr  Lepra,  afcend  thy  throne  «:o 

jefus  mail  rrion  wherc-e'er  the  fua  147 

li'God  fu creed  nor,  all  the  cofi  271 

If  God  #0  build  the  houfe  deny  274 

1  lift  my  fcui  to  God  56 

J 3 i  1  bhfft  the  Lord  from  day  to  day  72 

I'll  praife  my  maker  Nvita  my  hreath  3C7 

I'll  fpeak  the  honours  of  pay  King  94 

I  io .  e  the  Lord  :   he  heard  mv  cries  240 

In  all  my  vait  concerns  with  thee  2<;  S 

In  anoer,  Lord,  rebuke  me  not  12 
In  God's  own  houfe  pronounce  his  praife    '>i8 

In  Jutiah  God  of  old  was  known  1  $6 

Into  thine  hand,   O  God  of  truth  62 

Joy  to  the  world  ;  the  Lord  is  came  200 

I  let  the  Lord  befbie  my  face  r^ 

Is  there  ambition  in  my  heart  2  73 

Jt  is  the  Lord  our  Saviour's  hand  2c8 

Judge  me,  O  Lord,  and  prove  my  ways  58 

Judges  who  rule  the  world  Ly  laws  121 

Juft  are  thy  ways  and   true  thy  word  ;8 

I  waited  patient  for  the  Lore1.  86 

I  will  extol  thee,  Lot  d,  on  high  6 1 
L 

LET  all  the  earth  their  voices  raife  197 

L^t  all  the  heathen  writers  join  253 

Let  children  hear  the  mighty  deeds  160 

Let  every  creature  join  315" 

Let  every  tongue  thy  goodnefs  fpeak  Oo$ 

Let  God  arife  in  all  his  might  Ijrt 

Let  (inners  take  their  courfe  I  18 

Let  Z/o«  in  her  Kino  rejoice  97 

Let  'Lion  and  her  (bus  rejoice  207 

Long  as  live  I'll  blefs  thy  name  30} 

Lord  hafl  thou  call  the  nation  off  12a 

Lord>  I  am  thine  :  but  thou  Wilt  £>rove  35 


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Lord,  I  can  fufler  thy  rebv  Page   i^ 

Lord,  I  am  vile,  conceiv'd  in  fin  112 

Lord,  I  eileem  thy  judgments  right  252 

Lord,  if  thine  eyes  furvey  our  faults  iS^ 

Lord,  if  thou  doit  not  icon  appear  23 

Lord,  I  have  made  rhy  word  my  choice  254 

Lord,  in  the  morning  thou  {halt  hear  11 

Lord,   I  will  blefs  the  all  mv  days  70 

Lord,  I  would  fpread  my  tore  diiirefs  114 

Lord  of  the  worlds  above  I  70 

Lord,  thou  haft  calFd  thy  grace  to  mind  1  72 

Lord,  thou  haft  heard  thy  fervaut  cry  243 
Lord,  thou  h ail  feai  chM  and  feen  me  thro'  292 

Lord,  thou  haft  feen  my  foul  lines  re  57 

Lord,  thou  wilt  hear  me  when  1  pray  10 

Lord,  'tis  a  pleaiant  tiling  to  Hand  18S 

Lord,  we  have  head  tny  works  of  old  91 

Lord,  what  a  feeble  piece  1 84 

Lord,  what  a  thoughtlefs  wretch  was  I  150 

Lord,  what  is  man,  poor  feeble  man  302 

Lord,  what  *  as  man  when  made  at  flrfl  19 

Lord,  when  I  count  thv  mercies  o'er  29S 

Lord,  when  thou  did  11  afeend  on  high  137 

Loud  Balliluiatilb  the  Lord  313 

Lo  !  what  a  glorious  corner-Hone  246 

Lo  !   what  an  entertaining  tight  28 1 

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T\   /f  AKER  and  fbvYeign  Lord  4. 

JLVx  Mercy  and  judgment  are  my  fong  2C4 

eyes  and  my  deiire  57 

My  God,  accept  my  earlvvosvs  2    8 

Crod,  consider  mv  dillrels  2    8 

My  God,  how  many  are  mv  fears  *  3 

My  God,  in  whom  are  ait  \hc  fprinos  I2o 

My  God,  mv  everlafting  hope  J44 

?'.   God.  my  King,   thy  various  praife  3C2 

M  y  G  0 d ,  per  m  i  t  1  n  s  t  o n  gu  e  127 

7v^>d,  the  iteps  Ot  pious  men  Sx 

My  God,  what  inward  grief  I  iesl  395 


342  A       TABLE. 

My  heart  rejoices  in  thy  name 
My  never  ceafwig  fong  n  all  ihovv        Pa»e 
My  refuge  Is  the  God  of  love 
My  i  i^lit  ous  jiuloc,  ray  gracious  God 
My  Saviour  and  my  King 
My  Saviour,  my  Almighty  friend 
My  fliepheid  is  the  living  Lord 
My  fhepherd  will  fupply  my  nerd 
My  foul,  how  lovely  is  the  place 
My-  foul  lies  cleaving  to  the  duit 
My  foul  repeat  his  praife 
My  foul  thy  great  Creator  praife 
My  foir't  leoks  to  God  alone 
Mv  (pirit  links  within  me,  Lord 
Mv  trull  is  in  my  Ueay'j  \y  friend 
N 

NO  fleep  nor  flumber  to  his  eyes 
Not  to  our  names  thou  only  Jutland 
true 
Not  to  ourfelves  who  are  Lilt  dull 
Now  be  my  heart  infpirV  to  ling, 
Now  from  the  roaring  lion's  rage 
Now  I'm  convinced  the  Lord  is  kind 
New  let  our  lips  with  Ik  ly  /ear 
Nr>w  let  our  mournful  (bugs  record 
Novv  may  the  God  of  power  and  grace 
Now  plead  \uy  caufe,  Almighty  God 
Now  (hall  my  foicmn  \uw s  be  paid 
O 

OAll  ye  nation?,  praife  the  Lord 
Qblefled  fouls  are  they 
O  blefs  t)  e  Lord,  my  foul 
O  Brit  a n,  praife  thy  mighty  God 
Of  juit  ce  and  of  grace  I  ling 
O  for*  a  fhout  of  (acred  joy 
O  God  my  refuge,  hear  my  cries 
O  Go:\  of  o  race  and  1  ij»httou'.neis 
O  Gocfr  of  mercy  hear  mv  call 
O  God  to  whom  revenue  belongs 


A       TABLE. 

O  liappv  roan  whofe  foul  is  fill'd        Pr.ge 
O  happy  nation  where  the  Lord 
O  how  I  love  tli)'  hoi)   law 
O  Lord  how  many  are  my  foes 
O  Lord  ourheav'nlv  King 
O  Lord  our  Lord,   how  wendr'ous  great 
O  that  the  Lord  would  guide  my  wavs 
O  that  thy  itatutes  every  liour 
O  thou  tli  it  hear 'it  when  Tinners  cry 
O  thou  whole  or,ice  and  juitice  reigns 
O  thou  whole  j  of  lice  reigns  oil  high 
Our  God  our  help  in  ages  palt 
Out  of  the  deeps  of  long  diihels 
O  what  a  jl iff  rebellious  bouie 
F 

PRaife  waits  in  lion  Lord  for  thee 
Praife  ye  the  Lord,  exalt  ids  name 
Praife  ve  the  Lord  :  my  heart  ihall  join 
Praife  ye  Lord  :    'tis  good  to  raife 
Prefer  ve  me  Lord  m  time  of  need 
R 

REjoice  ye  righteous  in  the  Lord 
Remember  Loid  our  mortal  itate 
Return,  O  God  of  love,   return 
S 

SAlvation  is  for  ever  nigh 
Save  tne,  O  God,  the  fwell^ig  floods 
Save  tne,  O  Lord,  from  every  foe 
Stje  what  a  living  (tone 
Shew   pity,  Lord,  O  Lord  forgive 
Shine  mighty  God,  en  Britain  fhine 
Siug  all  ve  nations  Jo  the  Lord 
Sing  to  the  Lord  aloud 
Sing  to  the  Lord    Jehovah**  name 
Sing  to  the  Lord  with    joyful  voice 
Sing  to  the  Lord  \e  d  if*  ant  lards 
Songs  of  immortal  praife  belong 
Soon  as  I  heard  my  father  lay 


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251 

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260 

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369 

1:9 

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277 
160 

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306 

303 

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179 
184 

172 
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203 

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Sr.u  tlurc's  a  righteous  God              Paoe  t  5  r 

Sweet  is  the  memory  of  thy  grace 

S.veet  ;.»  the  work;  my  God,  my  king  1S7 

*%  ^F.ach  me  the  meafnre  of  mv  clays  84 
X  TIi*  Almighty  reigns  exalted  high  199 
That  man  is  bleit  who  [bands  in  awe  2:2 
The  earth  for  ever  is  the  Lord's 
Thee  will  I  love,  O  Lord,  my  {hength 
The  God  Jehovah  reigns  20  r 
The  God  of  glory  fends  Ids  fummons  forth  io3 
The  God  of  our  fa  1  vat  ion  hears  120 
The  heavens  declare  thy  glory,  Lord  43 
Tfie  king  of  faints,  how  fair  his  ilice  95 
The  King,  O  Lord,  with  longs  of  praife  46 
The  Lord  appears  my  helper  now  2^2 
The  Lord,  how  wond'rous  are  his  ways  210 
The  Lord  Jehovah  reigns  190 
The  Lord  is  come,  the  heav'ns  proclaim  198 
The  Lord  my  (hepherd  is  $  ? 
The  Lord  of"  glory  is  my  light  59 
The  Lord  of  glory  reigns,  Ve  reigns  on  high  [90 
The  Lord  the  judge  before  his  throne  103 
Tlie  Lord  the  judge  his  chinches  warns  io$ 
The  Loid  the  fov'reign  kino  213 
The  Lord  the  fov'reign  feuds  his  lum- 
inous forth  106 
The  man  is  ever  b\ei\  2 
The  praife  of  Sion  waits  ftr  thee  1  28 
The  wonders  Lord  thy  love  has  wrought  83 
Think,  mighty  God,  011  f<  ehle  mail  180 
This  is  tlie  day  the  Lord  hath  made  245 
This  fpactous  earth  is  all  the  Lord's  55 
#Thou  art  mv  portion,  O  m\  249 
Thou  God  of  love,  thou  ever-bled  2  >4 
Thro'  ev'ry  age,  eternal  God  1S0 
Thrice  happy  man  who  fears  the  Lord  233 
Thus  I  reibiv'd  before  the  Lord  83 


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Thus  faith  the  Lord,  the  fpacious  fields 

Thus  faith  the  Lord,    your  woik  is  vain 

Thus  the  en  rnal  father  (pake 

Tims  the^reat  Lord  of  earth  and  fea 

Thy  mercies  £11  the  earth,  O  Lord 

Thy  name,  almighty  Lord 

Thy   works  of  glory,  might*  Lord 

'Tis  by  thy  ftrength  the  mountains  Hand 

To  God  I  cry'd  with  mournful  voice 

To  Goi\  I  made  my  iorrows  known 

To  God  the  ^reat,  the  ever- bleil 

To  heav'n  I  lift  my  waring  ej  es 

To  our 'almighty  maker  God 

To  thee,  before  the  dawning  light 

To  thee,  moil  holy  and  molt  high 

To  thine  almighty  arm  we  owe 

'Twas  for  thy  fake   eternal  Gcd 

'Twas  from  thy  hand,  my  God,  I  came 

'Twas  in  the  watches  of  the  ni^ht 

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VAIN    man  on  fooliih  pleafures  bent  223 

Unfliaken  as  the  facred  hill  2  71 

Up  from  my  youth  may   7/rVfay  27J 

Up  to  the  hills  I  lilt  mine  eyes  265 

Upward  1  lift  mine  eyes  256 

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VV      We  love  the  Loid,  and  we  adore  -9 

What  (hall    I  render  to  my  God  241 

When  (Thrift  to  judgment  fliall  defcend  104 

When  God  is  nigh  niy  faith  is  fnong  72 

When  Gou  provok'd  with  daring  crimes  226 

When  God  rctior'd  our  captive  ilate  272 

W  hen  God  reveal'd  hi^  £r:icious  name  2?; 

When  Ifr*el freed  from  Fharoah's  hand  2:6 

When  I/r'c/  fins,  the  Lord  reproves  16  r 

When  I   with  pletipag  wonder  Hand  257 


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86 

228 

229 

255 

242 
225 
131 
157 
299 

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142 
294 
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346  A       T     A     B     L     E. 

When  man  grows  bold  in  Gn  Pa^e  j3 

When  oyerwhehti'd  with  griff  127 

Wh   11  pun  and   ingutfb  Ct-ize  me, Lord  2^2 

11  the  great  jn   ge,  fupreme  and  jijft  20 

Where  f £1  ill  the  man  be  found    ,  56 

Where  [h  ill  we  go  la  leek  and  find  27a 

While  men  grow  bold  in  wicked  wajs  77 

While  I  keep  fileuc"  and   conceal  66 

Who  fhil!  ale.  ad  thv  heav'iiiy  p'ace  29^ 

Who  fh  ill  inhabit  in  thy  hill  29 

Who  will  arife  and  plead  my  right  192 

Way  didtiie  J  ids  proclaim  thjir  rage  6 

W  \y  did  the  nations    join  to  flay  6 

Why  do  the  proud  titfult  the  poor  102 

Why  d  >  the  wealth  v  wicked    boa  ft  80 

Why  doth  the  Lord  {land  off  fo  far  2  I 

Why  doth  the  man  of  riches  grow  ico 

Why  has  my  God  my  foul  forfook  48" 

Why  ihould  I  vex  my  foul  and  fret  79 

Will  God  for  ever  cail  us  off  152 

With  all  my  po  v'rs  of  heart  and  tongue  291 

With  earnelt  longings  of  the  mind  89 

With  mv  whole  heart:  IM  raife  mvfong  19 

With  my  whole  heart  I've  fought  thy  lace  25S 

With  rev'rence  let  the  faints  appear  17S 

With  longs  and  honours  founding  loud  310 

Would    yon  behold  the  works  of  God  224 
Y 

YE  holy  fouls  in  God  rejoice  ^9 

Ye  iflands  of  the  Northern  fea  199 

Ye  nations  round  the  earth  rejoice  202 

Ye  ferrants  of  the  almighty  king  215 

Ye  (blis  of  men,  a  feeble  race  186 

Xc  Cons  of  pride,  that  hate  the    juft  102 

Ye  that  delight  to  <er*'e  the  Lord  2;5 

Ye  that  obey  t!f  immortal  king  283 

Ye  tribes  of  A.lam  join  ?*t 

Yet  (ialtu  the  Lord)  if  David's  race  178 
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\-r  7H1LE  we  Rng  praifea  lo  our  Ccd  in  Ins 
'V  church,  we  arc' employed  in  that  part 
ofworfhip,  which  of  all  others  is  the  nearest 
akin  to  Heaven  ;  and  'tis  pity  that  this,  of 
all  others,  mould  be  performed  the  worft 
upon  earth.  The  gcfpel  brings  us  nearer  to 
the  heavenly  Rate  than  all  the  former  difpeii- 
fations  of  Cod  among  ft  men;  and  in  thefe  lafl 
days,  of  the  gofpel,  we  are  brought  almoft 
within  fight  of  the  kingdom  of  our  Lord  ;  yet 
we  are  very  much  unacquainted  with  the  fongs 
of  the  New- Jerusalem,  and  unpractifed  in  the 
work  of  praife.  To  fee  the  dull  indifference, 
the  negligent  and  though tlefs  air,  that  fits 
upon  the  /Ices  of  a  whole  affembly,  while  t«:e 
Pfahn  is  on  their  lips,  migl  t  even  tempt  a 
eh ari table  obferver  t<*  fulpect  the  fervency  of 
inward  religion  ;  and  'tis  much  to  be  feared, 
that  the  minds  of  moll  of  the  worfliippers  are 
abfenr  or  unconcerned-  Perhaps  the  modes  of 
preaching,  in  the  belt  churches,  (till  want 
fome  degrees  of  reformation  ;  nor  are  the  me- 
thods of  prayer  fo  pencct,  as  to  Hand  in  Aecd 
of  no  correction  or  improvement.  But  of  all 
our  religious  folemnities,  Pfalmody  is  the  in  oft. 
unhappily  managed  :  that  very  action,  which 
ilionld  elevate  us  to  the  moft  delightful  and 
divine  fen  fat  ions,  doth  not  only  flat  ar  devo- 
tion, but  too  often  awaken  cur  regret,  and 
touches  all  the  firings  of  wueaiinei  wnhin  u?. 
A  2 


xv  The      P  R  E  F  A  C  F. 

I  hove  I>cen  long  convinced,  that  one  great 
occafion  of  this  evil  ariies  from  the  matter  and 
words  to  which  we  confine  all  our  tonus  ; 
lome  of  them  arealmod  oppofite  to  the  fpiiit 
ofthegofpel;  many  of  them  foreign  to  the 
ftate  #f  Uie  New  Tedament,  and  widely  dif- 
ferent from  the  preicnt  eircumdanees  of  Ciiri- 
ftians.  Hence  it  comes  to  pafs,  that  when  fpi- 
ritual  affections  are  excited  within  us,  and  our 
fouls  are  rai fed  a  little  above  this  earth  in  the 
beginning  of  a  Pialm,  we  are  checked  on  a 
fudden  in  ourafcent  toward  Heaven,  by  fome 
expreflions  that  are  mod  Anted  to  the  days  of 
carnal  ordinances,  and  fit  only  to  be  fung  in 
the  worldly  f ancillary.  When  we  are  jult  en- 
tering into  an  evangelical  frame,  by  fome  of 
the  glories  of  the  gofpel  prefented  in  the 
blighted  figure  of  Judaifm,  yet  the  very  next 
line,  perhaps,  which  the  Cleik  parcels  out  unto 
lis, hath  fomething  in  it  fo  extremely  Jewifii  and 
cloudy,  that  darkens  our  fight  of  Cod  the  Sa- 
viour ;  thus,  by  keeping  too  clofe  to  David  in 
the  honfe  of  God,  the  veil  of  Moles  is  thrown 
over  our  hearts.  While  we  are  kindling  into 
divine  love,  by  the  meditations  of  the  loving 
kindnefs  of God,  and  the  multitude  cf  his  te-, 
mercies,  within  a  few  veries  feme  dreadful 
curfe  again (t  raen  is  propofed  to  our  li 
that  Goa  would  add  iniquity  unto  their  iniquity , nor 
let  them  come  into  Us  righteoufnefs^  but  blot  tbcm 
tut  of  the  book  oj  the  living,  Piai.  l\i\.  20,  27 , 
28  ;  which  is  fo  contrary  tothen#w  tonituaral- 
jnent  of  loving  wret  emits  ;  and  even  under  the 
Old  Ted  anient  is  bed  accounted  for,  by  re; 
ring  it  to  the  fpiiit  of  prophetic  vengeance. 
Some  fentenees  of  the  Pfalmiitj  that  are 
prefiixe  of  tl  e  tc  our  own  hearts,  and 

the  eircumdanees  of  our   lives,  may  c 
our  fpirit£  to  ierioufuefrsj  and  all  cue   us   to   a 


The     P  R  E  F  A  C-E.  v 

fwcet  retirement  within  ourfelves ;  but  we 
meet  with  a  following  t i « i e ,  Which  ib  pecud  - 
lv  belongs  but  to  o.ie  action  or  hour  of  I 
life  cfD.!\i.-!.  <>:  of  Afaph,  that  breaks  off  o-r 
foiio  in  the  mid  11,  our  confcience  s  are  affright  - 
td,  ler!   we  fhould  fp  [(hood    .nto  c7;.   : 

thus  the  powers  of  our  Ibuls  are  (Locked  o<.  a 
fodderr,  a  id  our  {pirns  ruffled,  be  fate  we  have 
time  to  reflect  thai  his  may  be  Guiig  only  as  a 
hiilory  of  ancient  faints;  anc%  perhaps,  ia 
Ibme  initanees.  that  (aim  is  hardly  (ufficient 
aeithei  :  he/ider,  it  almoit  always  Spoils  tlie 
devotion,  bv  ifbrm   thread  of 

it.      For  whii  d  cur  hearts  run  on 

fweetty  toge  her,  applying  the  words  to  our 
own  ca(e,  there  Uioi  of  divine  delighf 

in  it  ;  but  at  once  we  are  forced  tc  turn  oii  Vie 
application  abruptly,  and  oar  Gps  (peak  no- 
thing but  the  heart  of  David.  i'bus  our  own 
hearts  are,  ab  it  .vue.  :e  puriuit  of  the 

fbii£,  and  then  rhe  Itargicftj  and  the  worfhip 
grow  dull  oi 

ipaiiy  private  Chrffti- 
aiis,  ha  v..  ,  d  under    i'  i<  iuc/>nvent-« 

tuce,  ai  wifbrd  Father  than  attempted 

are  d  :   ar  treir    Importunate  and  re- 

peated reqneils,  i  have  for  lb  roe  years  p  ;t  de- 
.kv  hours  or  lei',  re  to  this  f  1 1  .ce. 
Far  L~  it  from  mj  thoughts  to  jj.v  j.fide  the 
book  or  Pfafms  in  public  worthip  ;  tiei*  can  ore- 
tend  ih  great  a  value  for  them  a>  mjlbH  ;  tc 
is  the  moil  artful,,  inc-it  devotional  and  divine 
collection  of  poc  nothing  can  be-  fup- 

poled  more  pw -,  i     to  raft'    a  pious  ioul  10  ( 

•-: r  «^t  -I     : '     ook  :     level 
a   piece    of    esp< 

written,  arid  10  juii  y    rev   rehc  d  an 
cd  :   but  it   mull   be  acku 
A  5 


vi  fh  P  R  E  F  A  C    I 

the  re  tire  :i  thoufand  lines  in  it  which  v 
not  made  for  a  cliufch  in  our  days,  to  a  fill  me 
as  its  own.  There  are  alio  many  deficiencies 
of  light  and  ftlory,  which  our  Lord  Jefu4  and 
his  apoil.'es  have  i'upplied  in  the  writings  of 
the  New  Tjeftanient  ;  and  with  tin's  advanr 
I  have  cpmpofed  theft  Spiritual  Songs,  which 
are  now  pn  feiited  to  the  world.  Nor  is  the 
attemj>t  Vain-glorious  or  prefummg  ;  tor,  in 
refpeft  of  clear  evangelical  knowledge,  The 
leatl  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven  is  greater  than  all 
the  Jew}/!?  prophets,    Matt.  xi.  11. 

Now  let  me  give  a  fhort  account  of  the  fol- 
lowing com  pofu  res. 

The  greateft  part  of  them  are  fuited  to  the 
general  (tale  of  the  go  (pel,  and  the  moil  com- 
mon affairs  of  Chriltians.  I  hope  there  will 
be  very  few  found  but  what  mav  propeily  he 
ufed  in  a  religious  aifemblv,  and  not  one  ot 
them  but  may  well  be  adapted  tofom  feafons, 
either  of  private  or  of  public  worihip.  The 
molt  frequent  tempers  and  changes  of  our  foi- 
rit,  and  conditions  of  cur  life,  are  here  co- 
pied, and  the  breathings  of  our  piety  exprefl 
according  to  the  variety  of  our  paiiions,  our 
love,  our  fear,  our  hope,  our  defire,  our  for- 
row,  our  wonder,  and  our  joy,  as  they  are  re- 
fined into  devotion,  and  act  under  the  influ- 
ence and  conduct  of  the  b Jelled  Spirit  ;  all 
conveifiug  with  God  the  Father,  by  the  new 
and  living  w*iy  of  accefs  to  the  throne,  even 
the  perlbn  and  the  mediation  of  our  Lord  Je- 
fus  ChriJ}  :  to  him  alfo,  even  to  the  La??ib  that 
was  fiain  and  kovj  lives,  I  have  addrelled  many 
a  fong  j  for  thus  doth  the  Holy  Scripture  in- 
ftruct  and  teacli  us  to  worfhip,  in  the  various 
ihort  patterns  of  Chridian  pfalmody,  defcri- 
bed  in  the  Revelations.  I  have  avoided  the 
mere  obfeure  and^coiUroveited  points  of  Chrif- 


of  the  wo  id  or  (' 

Pi  •!.    xlvji.    7.       i  he   content ,, 
and 

aie     feclud  d,   that    w  ho^ 

cifiil    ot  the  lu\i  i  1  1  1  churches 

join  in  the  fame  worihip  without  offence. 

If  any  exprefuons  occur    to  the  reader  that 
favour  of  an  opinion    q\i  fie  rent  f rem    hi 
yet  he  may  obferve  there  are  generally  fuel] 
are  capable  of  an  exteniive  fenfc,  and -in  ay  be 
11  fed  with    *  eharitabie    latitude.     1  think 'tis 
molt  agreeable,   that  whai  is  ;.>ro\iuccl  for  pu- 
blic finging,  ihould  gne  to  iirceie  ccnfcic-nces 
as    little    dilturbauce    at    poflible.      Howev< 
where  any  unpleafitig  word  is  round,  he  tl 
leads  the  worfliip  may  fubititute  a  better  ;  for 
(blerfed  be    Cod)  we  are    not  confined    to    the 
wards  of  any  man    in  our  public    folemnities. 

The  whole  book  is  written  in  four  iorts  of 
metre,  and  fitted  to  the  moil  common  tunes* 
1  have  fcldora  permitted  a  Hop  in  the  mid- 
dle of  a  line,  and  felciom  left  the  end  of  a 
line  without  one,  to  comport  a  little  with  the 
unhappy  mixture  of  reading  and  Ringing, 
which  cannot  prefently  be  reformed.  The 
metaphors  are  generally  funk  to  the  level  of 
vulgar  capacities,  1  have  aimed  at  eafe  of 
numbers  and  fmoothnefs  of  found,  and  en- 
deavoured to  make  the  fenfe  plain  and  obvious. 
\i^  the  verfe  appears  io  gentle  and  flowing,  as 
to  incur  the  cenfure  of  feebl .nets,  I  may  ho- 
neftly  affirm, that  fometimes  it  coft  me  labour 
to  mate  it  lb  :  feme  of  the  beauties  of  poeiy 
aie  neglected,  and  fome  wilfully  defaceei.  I 
have  thrown  out  the  lines  that  were  too  fono- 
rous,  and  have  given  an  allay  to  tic  \ei  fe,  lead 
a  moie  exalted  turn  of  thought  or  -language 
fhould  daikcn  or  diiturb  the  devotion  of  the 


tfil  TJk     PREFACE. 

weafteft  fouls  But  hence  it  comes  ro  pais,. 
tfiat  I  have  been  forced  to  lay  a  fide  many- 
Hymns  after  they  were  finilhed,  and  Utterly 
exclude  them  from  his  volume,  becaufe  of  the 
bolder  figures  of  fpeech  that  cronded  them- 
iclvcs  into  the  verie,  an  J  a  more  Unconfiti 
variery  of  number,  which  I  could  not  eafily 
restrain, 

Thefe,  whh  many  other  divine  and  moral 
compoiures,  are  now  printed  in  a  fecond  a\.- 
h  of  the  peoms,  entitled  hT:t\e  Lyric*  ;  for 
a  in  that  bock  1  have  endeavoured  to  plcuie 
and  profit  the  politer  part  of  mankind,  with- 
cut  otfeuding  the  plainer  fort  of  ChrMi  an*, 
io  in  this  it  has  been  mv  labour  to  promote 
rbe  pious  entertainment  of  fouls  truiv  feriotr*, 
ev*n  of  tire  meancfc  capacity  ;  and,  at  the 
£une  time,  (if  pofltble)  not  to  give  uirguM  to 
perions  of  richer  ienfe  and  nreet  education  s 
and  I  hope,  in  the  prelent  vokrnie,  this  end' 
WlH  appear  to  be  purfued  with  much  greater 
happinefs  than  in  the  fi:  it  iiupreffion  of  it, 
tho'  the  world  allures  me  the  former  has  not 
much  reafon  to  complain. 

The  whole  is  divided  into  three  book*. 
In  the  Firfl,  I  have  borrowed  the  fe.iie,  and 
form  of  the  for.  g,  from  tome  par- 
ticular portions  of  icripturr,  and'  have  partr~ 
phrafed  moft  of  the  ddxologtes  in  tie  New* 
Teltaineut,  t!iat  contain  any  thing  in  them 
peculiarly  evan^oical  ;  md  many  parts  of  L.:e 
Old  Teliamr.it  alio,   that  have  a  v  to 

the  times  of  the  In  thefe  I  i  tpeS  ,o 

be  often  ceiiiured,  for  a  too  religions  obferVi 
ance  of  the  words  of  fcriptnre,  whereby  the 
v^erfe  is  weakened  and  deoafed,  fcccordiug  ro 
the  judgment    of  criticks;    bin  whole 

dehVn  was  to  aid  the  devotion  of  Chriftians  fo 
more  fpeciaiiy    in    this  part  j  and   1  am    &  - 


The     PREFACE,  p 

tfsfied  I  (hall  hereby  r train  two  ends  viz*  af- 
fift  the  Wc'i'Cbxp  of  all  ferious  minds,  to  whom 
tlic  exprriiiot.s  of  fcripture  are  ever  dear  and 
delightful  ;  and  gratify  the  tafte  a»d  iuclina* 
tion  bfthofe,  who  think  nothing:  muft  he  fung 
nnto  God  but  the  translations  of  his  own  word  : 
yet  yon  will  always  iind  in  this  paraph  rale 
dark  exprefiions  enfigbtehe'd,  and  rhe  Leviti- 
cal  ceremonies  and  Hebrew  forms  of  fpe^ch 
changed  into  the  wo;  (hip  of  the  gofpel,  and 
explained  i?i  the  language  of  our  *;?neand  ;iafc 
tion  ;  and  what  would  not  hear  ft  c  !i  an  alte- 
ration, is  or»itted  and  kid  elide.  After  this 
manner  mould  I  rejoice  re  fee  a  root";  part  of 
the  book  of  P faints  fitted  foi  the  ufe  of  our 
churches,  and  David  converted  into  a  Chiifi- 
an:  tut  becaufe  I  cannot  pe*rf»ade  otheis  to 
attempt  this  glorious  work,  J  have  fuffeied  ivy- 
felf  to  be  perliiirded  to  begin  it  ;  and  I  a\e* 
through  divine  goddnejTs,  already  pi'~cccd*d 
half  way  tkiough. 

The  Seepnd  P.arf  confiMs  of  Hymns  v 
form  is  of  mere  human  com)  ofure  ,  but  i  1  -o;  e 
the  feme  and  matcri  ils  will  alwavs  appear  di- 
vine. I  might  have  brought  (ome  text  or  o« 
the?,  and  applied  it  to  the  margin  of  every 
vcrfe,  if  ibis  method  had  been  as  uieful  as  it 
waseafv.  If  there  be  any  poems  in  the  book 
that  a-e  ca:  able  oi  giving  Relight  to  perfous 
.of  a  moie  refined  taile  and  poljte  t'ducafion, 
pi  rhaps  the^-may  be  found  in  this  part  ;  but 
except  they  lay  afide  the  humour  ol  triticifm, 
and  enter  info  a  devout  frame,  e.itery  ode  here 
already  defpairs  of  pleating.  J  confefs  my-' 
fel'f  to  bave  been  too  often  tempted  away  ft  om 
the  more  fpirUuaJ  dciigns  I  proposed,  by  forne 
P)'  »od  expreiEous  that  gratified  r)  e 

(}■  ;   the  bright   images  too  often  prevailed 
-c    the    fire    v 


a  Tii  r  r  e  f  J  c 

light  exceeded  the  heat  ;  yet,   I   hppc,  in 
ny  of  trrerrt,   the  r    a  !cr  v  ,  ,  j. 

en  dilated  the  fort**,  and  the  head  and  hand 
were  nothing  but  interpreters  and  Secretaries 
to  the  heart;  nor  is  the  magnificence  or  bold- 
rterl  of  thf*  figures  comparable  to  ilfLit  divii 
licence  which  is  found  hi  the  ei^kieeiubaml 
fixty  eighth  pfal.m,  fcveral  rfiaptcis  of  7  , 
and  orbcr  poetical  parts  of  fa  ur 

this  reflect,  I  m  i)  ho)  ■     ■     :' cap  of 

of  thof-  who   pay  a  (Tiered    reverence     to  the 
holy  bible. 

I  ha?e  prepared  the  Third  Part-ou\y  for  the 
celebration  rf  tlie  Lord's  fupper,  that,  in  imi- 
tation of  our  bleiTed  Saviour,  we  might  fin# 
au  hymn  after  we  hare  partaken  of  the  bread 
and  wine.  Here  you  will  find  fbme  paraphra- 
fes  of  Scripture,  and  fome  other  competitions. 
There  are  about  an  hundred  hymns  in  the 
two  former  pails  that  may  very  propably  be 
tiled  in  this  ordinance,  and  fbmctimes,  per- 
haps, appear  more  fui table  than  any  of  thefe 
hit  :  but  there  are  expreflions  generally  ufed 
in  thefe,  which  confine  them  only  to  the  table 
of  the  Lord  ;  and  therefore  1  have  dilHnguifli- 
ed  and  fet  them  by  thenfelves. 

If  the  Lord,  who  inhabits  the  praiils  of 
]frae1,  (had  refufe  to  f.nile  upon  this  attempt 
for  the  reformation  of  pfalmody  amongfl  the 
churches,  yet  I  humbly  hope  that  the  blefifed 
Spirit  will  make  thefe  compofures  ufeful  to 
piivc.te  ChriiHans  ;  ami  if  they  may  but  at- 
tain the  honour  of  being  efteemed  pious  me- 
ditations, to  aifiit  the  devout  and  the  retired 
foul  in  the  exercifes  of  love,  faith,  and  joyr 
'twill  be  a  valuable  compenfation  of  my  la- 
bours :  my  heart  {lull  rejoice  at  the  notice  of 
it,  and  my  God  fh  ill  receive  the  glnr^.  This 
was  ray  hope  and  view  in  the  firft  publication  ; 


Th  r  R  £  F  AC  E\  xt 

cnid  'tis  rev.-  my  duty  to  acknowledge  to  bin?, 
n-jili  thnnkfulnefs,  how  n&fiil  lie  has  made 
tleCt  compof  tions  already,  to  the  comfort 
and  edification  of  focieties,  and  oc  private 
perfoftS  :  and,  upon  the  fame  grounds,  1  have 
a  better  profpeel,  and  a  bigger  hope  of  much 
more  fervtce  to  the  church,  by  the  large  im- 
provements of  tlii«  edition,  if*  the  Lord;  who 
dwells  in  'Ztop,j0iaU  favour  it  with  his  ton 
tinned  blefTing. 

AdvirtiJhiHCJits  concerning  the  ficznd  Euithn* 

I.  r-j-"  HERE  arealinoft  150  n^w  Hvmns  ad- 
J^  <He(jy  and  one  or  mere  fuited  to  every 
theme  and  fubject  in  divinity.  Having  Found, 
by  conveife  with  Chriflians,  what  words  or 
lines  in  the  former  made  them  lefs  rfeful,  I 
have  not  only  made  various  corrections  in 
them, but  have  endeavoured  to  avoid  the  fame 
mi! Lakes  in  all  the  new  compofures.  And 
whereas  many  of 'the  former  were  too  parti- 
cularly adapted  to  fpecial  frames  and  feafons 
of  the  Chriitian  life,  almoft  all  that  are  added 
have  a  more  general  and  extenfive  fen  fie,  and 
may  be  afTumed  and  fung  by  molt  perfbns  in 
a  vv 01  (hipping  congregation, 

II.  About  14  or  15  Pfalms  that  were  tranf- 
lated  in  the  firll  edition,  are  left  out  in  this, 
becaufe  I  intend  (if  God  afford  life  and  affift- 
ance)  to  convert  the  biggert  part  of  the  book 
of  Pfalms  into  ffrtritual  fongs  for  the  ufe  of 
Chriitians  ;  yet  the  fame  numbers  are  Mill  ap- 
plied to  the  Hymns,  that  there  might  be  no 
contufiou  between  thefirltand  ileond  edition. 

HI-  In  all  the  longer  Hymns,  and  in  feme 
of  the  fhorter,  there  are  feveral  ftanza's  inclu- 
ded in  crotchets  thus,  [J  ;  which  ftai  za's  may 
be  left  out  in  finging,  without  ciilturbing  the 


kii  ,        We  PREFACE. 

fenfe.      Thofe  parts  ar  eluded    in    fuch 

crotches,  which    contain    words    tv.o    poetical 
for  meaner  nu  leritandino;   or  too    particular 
ions   to    iln^v.      Bur    af 

particular  parrs    and    verles 
of  the  Plalm  cu-  Fly  ii  i   that  i-.  $a  be  fung,    ra- 
ther  thai  leave  it  to  the   judgment    or    cafual 
er  ruination  of  him  ds  fhe    tune. 

IV.  Trie  effay  concerning  the  improvment 
of plaint  a  \\  .by  the  uitrof  evaiagelical  Hymns, 
which  to  pi^esof  the  1  a fl:  edition « 

\«  q  out    her*  j    partlynleft    the    bulk 

fhpuld  i\,  --!!  too  much,  hi'  chieffy  becaufc  I 
intend  a  niore  <o  apiece  tr«atite  of»pia1«YMdjr, 
in  which  the  fa  bit  nice  of  that  eifav  will  be 
intcrfperfe d,  and,  1  hope,  fuller  evidence  cf 
the  duty  of  finding  n*-w  (bugs  to  him  that 
(its  upon  the  throne,  (incc  the  Lamb  is  a  Teen* 
ded  thither  too.  Apfiil\  1709. 

Noft,  Si  tice  the  fixth  editio*  of  this  Bo  oil; 
the  Author  has  finUhed  what  he    had  I 

pio<n°ued,  viz.  The  P/kfrmJ  of  David  imitated 
in  the    language    of  the    N\  licfl 

the  world  fe'erus  >ro- 

batiuu,  by  the    I  -is    in    a 

year'?  time  :    th,c  ^  II   find    thoft 

Plal.ns,   vvl)i  of   all  the    1  .' 

editions  iof  thefe    N;.;iiis    inferred    in   t 
proper,  jlaces.      U-is  w  I  \M  that  Be 

iu  coujuaction  with  ihis,  may  appeal  to  be 
fact]  1  in  -icient  provision  for  piahrtody;,  a 
anlwer  p .oil  occali^ns  of  Chritiian  lile  :  and, 
if  an  AuiKir's  own  o  pi-nan  mav  be  taken, 
he  ctteems  it  the  oreareit  w&rk  that  ever  he 
has  publiiJied,  or  ever  hopes  to  <\®}  foi  tlie  u(e 
of  the.church.es. 

March  5,  1719-20. 


TABLE 

To  find  any  Hymn  by  the  firft  Line. 


Note,  The  Letters,  a,  b,  c,  denote  the  firft, 
fecond,  or  third  Book  .♦  the  figures  direct  to 
the  Hymn. 


A 

ADORE  and  tremble  for  our  Cod 
Alas,  and  did  my  Saviour  bleed 
All  mortal  vani'Jes  be  gone 
And  are  we  wretches  yet  alive 
And  muft  this  jbedy  die 
And  now  the  fcales  have  left  mine  eyes 
Arife,  my  foul,  my  joyful  powers 
At  thy  command,  our  deareft  Lord 
Attend  while  God's  exalted  fon 
Awake,  my  heart,  arife,  my  tongue 
Awake,  our  fouls,  away  our  fears 
Away  from  every  mortal  care 
B 

BACKWARD  with  humble  foame  we 
look  a     5t 

Begin  my  tongue,fome  heav'nly  theme  b    69 
B 


B. 

H. 

a 

42 

b 

9 

a 

25 

b 

105 

b 

no 

b 

81 

b 

82 

c 

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b 

130 

a 

20 

a 

48 

b 

12$ 

xiv  A      TABLE. 

Behold  how  ft niiers  dilagree 
Behold  t'ie  blind  theii  light   receive 
Behold  the  glciies  of  the  Lamb 
Beheld  the  grace  appears 
Behold  the  potter   and  the  clay 
Behold  the  rofc  of  Sharon  'vr»e 
Behold  the  womuu  s  proini»*d  fSfcd 
Behold  the  wretch  wh^fe  lull  and  wine 
Behold  what  won d'rous  grace 
Blefs'd  are  the  humble  fouls  that  fee 
Blefs'd  be  the  everlailing  Cod 
Blefs'd  be  the  Father  and  his  love 
BlcfVd  is  the  mail  *\  hole  cautious  feet 
Blefs'd  morning  whofe  yo#ng  dawning 

riij  s 
Blefs'd  with  the jovs  of  innocence 
Blood  has  a  voice  that  moves  the  fkits 
Bright  King  of  glory,  dreadful  God 
Broad  is  the  road  that  leads  to  death 
Bury'd  in  fhadowsof  the  night 
But  few  among  the  carnal  wife 
C. 

CAN  creatures  to  perfection   find  b   170 

Chrijl  and  his  crofs  is  all  our  theme  a    119 
Come,  all  harmonious  tongues  b     84 

Come,  dearelt  Lord>  defcend  and  dwell  a  135 
Come,  happy  fouls,  approach  your  Cod  b  103 
Ccvme  hither  all  ye  weary  fouls 
Come,  holy  (pirit,  heav'nly  Dove 
Come,  let  us  join  a  joyful  tune 
Cone,  let  us  join  our  chearful  fongs 
Come,  let  us  lift  cur  joyful  eyes 
Come,  let  us  lift  our  voices  high 
Come,  we  that  love  the  Lord 

D. 

Tpw  AUG HTERS  of  Sion,  come,  behold  a  72 
\_y  Dear  Lord,  behold  our  fore  diltrefs  b  163 
JDearcil  of  all  the  names  above  b  148 


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118 

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158 

a 

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8 

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108 

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30 

A     T   A   B   L  E.  W 

H.   H. 

Deaifi  can;iot   liinke  otir  fouls  afraid  b 

Dr;r  idolve  my  body  now  a      ij 

Deatli  !    'hn    i  melanchof)   i  b      52 

Decc&*d by  fubtife  fnares  of'  licfi  a    1.7 

Deepen*  tfie  duft  before  thy  inTOire  a    124 
Defer  ad  from  heav'n  immortal  Dove 

D^>  we  not  know   Hat  folemfl  weiJ  a    1^2 

jE)o  \  ri  headlong  from  thtii   native   (ktes  b     9) 

Dread  Sov'rei«*n,  let  niy'ev'uiug  foifg  b        7 
Ei 

ERE  the  bine  heavens  were  ftretch'd 

abroad  a        2 

Eternal  Sovereign  of  (he  iky  b   149 

Eternal  fpirit,  we  confefs  b    1 ; ; 
F. 

FAITH  is  the  brightert  evidence  a   120 
Far  from  my  thoughts  vain  world 

be  gone  b      15 

Father,  I  long,  I  faint  to  fee  b     68 

Father,  we  wait  to  feel  thy  grace  c     24 

Firm  and  unmov'd  are  they  a      2; 

Firm  as  the  earth  thy  gofpel   (lands  a   1^8 

From  heav'n  the  finning  angels  fell  b      97 

From  thee,  mv  Cod,  my  joys  ihall  rife  b      75 
G. 

GENTILES  by  nature,  we  belong  a   114 
Give  me  rhe  wings  of  faith  to  rife  b   14a 

Glory  to  Cod  the  Trinity  c      29 

Glory  to  Cod  that  walks  the  iky  b      59 

G'ory  to  Cod  the  Father's  name  c      27 

Cod  is  a  fpi.  it  jult  and  wife  a   i  36 

Cod  of  the  morning,  at  whofe  voice  a      79 

God  of  the  leas,  thy  thund'i  ing   voice  b      70 

Cody  the  eternal  awful  name  b      27 

Cod,   who  in  various  methods  told  a      53 

Go  preach  my  gofpel,  faith  the  Lord  a   128 

Go  worfbip  at  fmmanucF*  feet  a   146 
B  2 


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Great  Cod,  how  infinite  art  tliou 
Great  Cod,  I  own  thy  fentence  jnft 
Great  Cod,  thy  glories  (hall  employ 
Great  Cad,  to  what  a  glorious  height 
Great  King  of  glory  and  of  grace 
Great  was  the  day,  the  joy  was  great 
H 
'AD  I  the  tongues  of  Greiks  and  Jews 


H 


Happy  the  Church,  thou  iacrtd  place 
Happy  the  heart,  where  graces  reign 
Hark  !   from  the  tombs  a  doleful  found 
Hark  !   the  Redeemer  from  on  high 
Hear  what  the  voice  from  heaven   pro- 
claims 
Hence  from  my  foul  fad  tho'ts  be  gone  b 
Here  at  thy  crofs,  my  dying  Gad 
High  as  the  heav'ns.above  the  ground 
High  on  a  hill  of  dazzling  light 
Hoi  anna,  &c. 

Ilofanna  to  our  conquVing  King 
Hofanna  to  the  Prince  of  Light 
Hoianna  to  the  Royal  Son 
Hofanna  with  a  chearful  fouiui 
How  are  thy  glories  here   diiplay'd 
How  beauteous  are  their  feet 
How  can  I  (ink  with  inch  a  prop 
How  condefcending  and  how  kind 
How  full  of  anguifh  is  the  thought* 
How  heavy  is  the  night 
How  honourable  is  the  place 
How  large  the  pioiuife,   how   divine 
How  oft  have  ftn  and  (atari  tlrove 
How  rich  are  thy  provisions,  Lord 
How  fad  our  (late  by  nature  is 
How  {hall  I  praife  tlV  eternal  God 
How  (hort  and  hairy  is  our  life 
How  (hould  the  Ions  of   ddarrSs    race 


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A     TA3L  E. 

How  itrong  thine  arm  is  mighty  God 
How  fweet  and  awful  is  the  place 
How  vain  are  all  things  here  below 
How  wond'rous    great,      how     glorious 
bright 

ICaur.ot  bear  thine  abfence,  Lord 
1  give  immortal  praife 
I  hate  the  tempter  and  his   charrfis 
I  lift  my  banners,  faith  the  Lord 
I  love  the  windows  of  thy  grace 
I'm  not  aiham'd  to  own  my  Lord 
I  fend  the  joys  of  earth  away 
I  fing  my  Saviour's  wond'rous  death 
Jth',vah  ipeaks,   let  JjrJtl  hear 
*j:r-vah  reigns,   his  throne  his  high 
Jejtrtt  iu  thee  our  eyes  behold 
Jcy?/j  invites  his  faints 
J  ejus  is  gone  above  the  flues 
J.  ~yj,  the  Man  of  confront  grief 
;  we  bleft  thy  Father's   name 
JffuSj  we  bow  before  thy  feet 

,  with  all  thy  flints  above 
in  Gufciel's  hand  a  mighty   it  one 
lii  thine  own  ways,  O  Ocd  of  Love 
In  vain  the  wealthy   mortals  toil 
In  vain  we  lavim  out  our  lives 
Infinite  grief!  am.izing  woe 
join  all  ihe  glorious  names 
Join  all  the  names  of  love  and  pow'r 
Is  this  the  kind  return 

X 
I  N  D  is  the  fpeech  of  Christ  our 


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LAden  with  £ui!t,  and  full  offeais    b    119 
Let  aii  our  tongues  be  one  c        9 


:viu  A     T   A   B  L  E. 

Let  everlafting  glories  crown 
Let  ev'ry  mortal  ear  attend 
Let  God  the  Father  li\e 
Let  htm  embrice  my  Ibul  and  live 
Let  God  the  Maker's  iume 
Let  me  bat  hear  my  Saviour  fay 
Let  mortal  tongues  attempt  to  fmg 
Let  others  boall  how  ftrong  they  be 
Let  Pkarifte-s  of  high  eiteem 
Let  the  old   heathens  tune  their  fongs 
Let  the  Seventh  angel  found  on  high 
Let  the  whole  race  of  creatures  lie 
Let  the  wild  leopards    of  the   wood 
Let  them  negiecl  thy    glory,  Lord 
Let  us  adore  th'  eternal  Word 
Life  and  i a* mortal  joys  are  given 
Life  is  the  time  to  ferve  the  Lord 
Lift  up  your  eyes  to  tlr*  heav'nJy  feats 
Like  Sheep  we  went  air  ray 
Lo  the  young  tribes  of  Adam  rife 
Lo  what  a  glorious  fight  appears 
Lo  what  an  entertaining  fight 
Long  have  I  fat  beneath   the  found 
Look  gracious  God,  how  num'rous  they  a 
Lord,  at  thv  temple  we  appear 
Lord,   how   divine  thy    comforts  are 
Lord,  how  fecure    and  blefs'd  are  they 
Lord,  how  fecure  my.- conscience  was 
Lord,   we  adore  thy  bounteous  hand 
Lord,   we  adore   thy  vail  defigns 
Lord,  we  are  blind,  we  mortals  blind 
Lord,  we  cbnfefs  our  num'rous  faults 
Lord,   what  a  feeble  piece 
Lord,  what  a  heav'n   of  laving  grace 
Lord,  what  a  thoughtless  wretch  was  I 
Lord,  what  a  wretched  land  is  this 
Lord,  when    my- thoughts    with  wonder 
roll  l> 


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A     T  A   B   L   L\  xix 

B.  H. 
Loud  hallelujahs  to  the  Lord  a     46 

M. 

MAN  has  a  foul  of  vail  defires  b  146 

Mi  (taken  fouls  thar  dreani  of hea- 
vf  n 
My  dear  Redeemer  and  my  Lord 
My  drowfy  powers,   why  lleep  ye  fo 
My  God,  how  endlefs  is  thy  love 
My  God,  my  life,  my  love 
My  God,  my  portion,  and  my  love 
My  God,  permit  me  not  \o  be 
My  God,  the  fpi  ing  of  all  my  joys 
My  God,   .vhat  endleis plcalures  dwell 
My  hear::  how  dreadful  hard  it  is 
My  Saviour  God,   my  fov'reign  Prince 
My  foul  come  meditate  the  day 
Aly  foal  fbrlakes  hrr  vain  delight 
My  thoughts  on  awful  fu  ejects  roll 
My  thoughts  furruount  there  lower  /kiesb  163 
N.- 

NAKED  as  from  the  earth  we  came  a        5 
Nature    with    all   her  pow'r  thall 
fmg 
Nature  with  open   volume  (lands 
No,  I'll  repine  at  death  no  more 
No,  I  (hall  envy  them  no  moie 
No  more,  my  God,  I  boail  110  more 
Nor  eye  has  feen,  nor    ear  has  heard 
Not  all  the  blood  of  beafts 
Not  all  the  outward  forms  on  earth 
Net  diff'rent  food  or  difPrent  drefs 
Kot  from  the  duit  affliction  grows 
Not  the  malicious  or  prophane 
Not  to  condemn  the  ions  of  .nen 
Not  to  the  terrors  of  tne  Lord 
Not  with  our  mortal  eyes 
Now  be  the  God  of  Itr'el  blefs'd 
Mow-by.  the  bowels  of  my  God 


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B.  H. 
Now  f  r   i  rune  of  lofty  pr.iife  b   43 

Now  have  our  hearts  embraced  our  God  c      14 
Nov  in  the  gall'rvei  ot  his  grace 

•  vow  in  the  heat  of  youthful  blood 
Now  let  a  fpacious  world  .wife 
Now  let  or.i   pail  s  be  all  To;  got 
No  v  let  the  Lord  my  Sa\io»ir  fmife 
Now  fatan  comes  with  dreadful  roar 
Now  ih.iil  my  inward Joys  aiiie 
Now  to  the  Lord  a  noble  fon<r 
Now  to  the  Lord  that  makes  us  know 
Novf  to  the  power  of  God  fupreme 

O 
/^\  for  an  overcoming  faith 
k   s  O  !  if  my  foul  were  ibrm'd  for  woe 
O  the  almighty  Lord 
O  the  delights,  the  beav'ufy   joys 
Often  1  lie*  my  Lord  by  night 
Oi  ce   more,   my  foul,   the  lillno  day 
Our  days,  ^alas,   our  mortal  d  ivs 
Our  God  how  firm  his  prornhe   ltands 
Our  tins,  alas!   how  (hang  they  be 
Our^ouls  (hall   magmiiy  the  Lord 
Our  fpiiits  join  L-  adore  the  Lamb 
V 

PLuno'd  in  a  o »ilph  of  dark  delpair 
Praiie,  everlaiiing  praiie  be  paid 
R. 

KAifethee,  my  fan  1, fly  up,  ativ!  run, 
L   Raiie  vour  triumphant  longs 
Rill, rife,  my  IjuI,  andleavethe  ground  b 
S. 

SAints,  at  your  heav'nly  Father's  word  a 
Salvation  !  G  the  joyful  found 
She  where  the  great  incarnate  God 
Shall  the  vile  race  of  flelh    and  blood 
Shall  we  go  ou  to  fin 


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Shall  wifdom  cry  aloud 
Shine,  mighty  God,  on  Britain  fhine 
Shout  to  the  Lord,   and  let  our  joys 
Sin  has   a  thoufand  treach'rous  arts 
Sin  like  a  venomous  difeafe 
Sing  to  the  Lord,  that  built  the   ikies 
Sing  to  the  Lord  with  joyful  voice 
Sing  to  the  Lord,  ye  heavenly  hods 
Sitting  around  our  Father's  board 
So  did  the  Hebrew  prophet  raife 
So  let  our  lips  and  lives  exprefs 
So  new-born  babes  defire  the  bread 
Stand  up,  my  foul,  make  of  thy  fears 
Stoop  down, ray  thoughts  that  uie  to  rile  b 
Strait  is  the  way,  the  door  is  ftrait 
T. 

TErrible  God,  that  reign'it  on  high 
That  awful  day  will  furelv  come 
Thee  we  adore,  eternal  name 
The  glories  of  my   maker,  God 
The  God    of  mercy  be  ador'd 
The  King  of  glory  fends  hi 5  Son 
The  lands  that  long  in   diikntfs  lay 
The  law  by  flflpfes  came 
The  law  commands,  and  makes  us  know 
The  Lord  declares  his  will 
The  Lord  defcending  from  above 
The  Lord  Jehovah  reigns 
The  Lord  on  high  proclaims 
The  majelty  of^piwicn 
The  mem  iv  of  our  dying  Lord 
The  prom  Me  ot   my  Father's  love 
The  promife  was  divinely  fftc 
The  true  Drlejpab  wow  appears j 
The  voice  of  my  beloved  founds 
The  wond'ring  world  enquires  to  know  a 
There  is  a  houfe  not  made  with  band  i 


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xxii  ATA: 

There  is  a  l.md  of  pore  i!'<*1i«»iit 
Thcre'j  no  ambition  fwells  my  heart 

There  was  ?n  hour  when  Chrifl  i\  job 

Thefe  glor'ous  minds  how  bright  thev 
fhine 

This  is  the  word  of'  truth  and  lov? 

Thou,  who-n  my  loiil  admires   a  hove 

Thus  did  the  (bus  ^f  Aht%a7n  praft 

Tfiu^  far  the  Lord  has  led  nVc  on 

Thus  faith  the  fir  It,  the  great  command  a    1 i  6 

Thus  iaith  the  high  and  lofty  One 

yhus -faith  the  Ruler  of  th#  fkies 

Thus  faith  the  mercy  of  the  Lord 

Thus  faith  the  wifdom  of  the  Lord 

Thy  favours.   Lord,  furprifc  our  fouls 

Time,  what  an  empty  rapour  *ti» 

*Tis  hy  the  faith  of  joys  to  com* 

'Tis  from  the  treafurcs  o£  h\%  word 

'Tis  not  the  law  of  ten  commands 

To  God  the  only  wife 

To  him  that  chofe  us  firft 

'Twas  by  an  order  from  the  Lord 

'Twas  on  that  dark,  that  doleful  night  b   151 

'Twas  the  corn  million  of  our  Lord  a      52 

V. 
"\  TAIN  are  the  hopes  the  fons  of  men   a      94 
y    Vain  are  the  hopes  that  rebels  place  a     99 
Unfhakeu  as  the  facred  hill  a      22 

Up  to  the  field  where  angels  lie  b     41 

Up  to  the  Lorki,   that  reigns  *>n  high      b      46 
W. 
jE  are  a  garden  wall'd  around  a      74 

We  blefs  the  prophet  of  the  Lord  b   132 
We  fing  th' amazing  deeds  c      17 

We  ling  the  glories  of  thy  love  a      56 

Welcome  ftveet  dty  of  relt  b      14 

Well,   the  Redeemer's  gone  b      36 


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B.  H. 

What  different  jknv'rs  ofgvaxe  and  iin  h  14; 

What  equal  hnnouis  fliall  we  bring  a  65 

Y\  |iat  happy  mi- 11  or  ang  'Is   theie  a  40 

What  mightj  man,  or  might)  Grd  a  28 

Whence  d<>  4b  iwio  urn  ful  thoughts  a  rife  a  "?i 

Wlien  I  can  read  \r\  title  tl  b  65 

When  in  the  Irg«t  of  faith  divine  b  10  1 

When  I  fmvev  1  he  woiid'rous  crofs  c  7 

When  we  are  rais'd  i\   n.  deep  d'sftrefs  a  55 

W!*en  ft  rangers  ftmd  and  hear  me  tell  a  7"> 

When  the  firil  parent*  of  onr  race  b  73 
When    the    oreut    builder    itreteh'd  the 

fkies  b  24 

Where  are  the  mourners,  faith  the  Lord  b  154 

Who  can  defcribe  the  joys  that  lilt  a  ICI 

Who  lias  believ'd  thy  i\o)c\  a  l~r 

Who  is  this  fair  One  in  dillrefs  a  70 

Who  fliall  the  Lord's  elcefl  condemn  a  14 

Why  did  the  Jews  proclaim  their  rage  a  4 

Why  does  von r  face,   ys  humble  fouls  b  85 

vVhf  do  ye  mourn  departing  friends  b  3 

Why  is  my  bean  fo    far  firm  ;hee  b  20 

Why  ihould  the  children  of  a  King  a  144 

Why  ihould  this  earth  delight  us  to  a  164 

Why  fliould  we  dart,   and  fear  to  die  b  :i 

With  chearfiil  voice  I  C ng  a  48 

With  holy  fear  and  humble  fong  b  44 

With  joy  we  meditate  the  grace  a  I2£ 
Y. 

YE  faints,  how  lovely  is  the  place  a  28 

Ye  fons  of  Adam,  vain  and  young  a  80 

Ye  that  obey  th*  immortal  King  a  34 

Z. 

*~~7  ION  rejoice,  and  Judah  fing  b  in 


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HYMNS 

1  ■ 

:  * 

t        AND 

Spiritual    Songs. 

BOOK     I. 

Collected  from  the    Holy  Scriptures. 


I.  A  nevj  fong  to  the  Lamb  that  was  fiain,  Rev.  v 
6,   8,  9,.  io,  12. 

1.  TT>EHOLD  the  glories  of  the  La??ib>^ 
J_)  amid  ft  his  Father's  throne  : 

Prepare  new  hop  ours  for  his  name, 
and  fongs  before  unknown. 

2.  Let  elders  worfhip  at  hisfee'J, 
the  church  adore  around, 

With  vi  Us  fall  of  odours  fweet. 
and  harps  of  fweeter  found. 

~.  Thofe  are  the  prayers  of  the  faints. 

and  thefe  the  hymns  they  raife  : 
Refits  is  kind  to  our  complaints, 

he  loves  to  hear  our  praife. 

[  4.  Eternal  Father       ho  (liall  look 
into  thy  fecret   will  i 


v  c  Hymns     and  Book  I. 

Who  but  the  Ton  fliall  take  that  book, 
and  open  ev'ry  feal  I 

5.  He  fliall  fulfil  thy  great  decrees; 
the  Son  deferves  it  well  : 

Lo,  in  his  hand  the  fov'reign  keys 
of  heav'n,  and  death,  and  hell  !] 

6.  Now  to  the  Lamb,  that  once  was  flaia, 
be  endlefs  bleflings  paid  ; 

Salvation,  glory,  joy,  remain 
for  ever  on  thy  head. 

7.  Thou  haft    redeem'd    our  fouls  with  blood, 
haft:  fet  the  pris'ners  free  : 

Haft  made  us  kings  and  priefts  to  God, 
and  we  fliall  reign  with  thee. 

8.  The  worlds  of  nature  and  of  grace 
are  put  beneath  thy  pow'r  ; 

Then  fhorten  thefe  delaying  days, 
and  bring  the  pi  omis'd  hour. 

II.   The  deity    and   humanity    of  Chrift,  John  i. 
1,   3,   14.  Col.  i.    16.   Eph.  iii.  9,    io. 

ERE  the  blue  heav'ns  were  fl  retch 'd  abroad, 
;    From  everlafling  was  the  word  ; 
With  Cod  he  was  :   the  word  was  God, 
And  muft  divinely  be  ador'd. 

2.   By  his  own  pow'r    were  all   things   made  5 
By  him  fupported  all  things  ftand  : 
He  is  the  whole  creation's  head, 
And  angels  fly  at  his  command. 

.  3,  Ere  fin  was  born,  or  fa  tan  fell, 
,  He  led  the  holt  of  morning    (tars  ; 
(    'by    generation  wiio  can  tell, 
Or  count  the  number  of  thy  years  ?) 


Book  I.        Spiritual    Songs.         3 

4.  But  \o,   he  leaves  thofe  heav'nly  forms, 
The  word  defcends  and  dwells  in  clay, 
That  he  may  hold  converfe  with  worms, 
Drefs'd  in  fuch  feeble  flefh  as  they. 

5.  Mortals  with  joy  beheld  his  face, 
Th'  eternal  Father's  only  Son  ; 

How  full  of  truth  !  how  full  of  grace  ! 
When  thro'  his  eyes  the  godhead  fhone  ! 

6.  Archangels  leave  their  high  abode, 
To  learn  new  myit'ries  here,   and  tell 
The   loves  of  our  defcendino  God. 
The  glories  of  Emanuel. 

III.   The  nativity  &/"Chrift,   Luke  i.  30,   &c    and 

ii.   io;  &c. 

I.  TOEHOLD,  the  grace  appears, 
j3   tne  promife  is  fulfil'd  ; 
Mary,  the  wondr'ous  virgin,  bears, 
and  Jefus  is  the  child. 

[2.   The  Lerd,  the  highefl  God,. 
calls  him  his  only  Son  : 
He  bids  him  rule  the  lands  abroad, 
and  gives  him  David's  throne. 

3.  O'er  Jacob  (hall  he  reign 
with  a  peculiar  fway  ; 

The  nations  fhaH  his  grace  obtain, 
his  kingdom  ne'er  decay. J 

4.  To  bring  the  glorious  news, 
a  heav'nly  form  appears ; 

He  tells  the  fhepherds  of  their  joys, 
and  baniihes  their  fears. 

5.  Co?  humble  fa) dins,   (faid  he) 
to  David's  city,   fiy  ; 

The  promis'd  infant  bom  to-day, 
doth  in  a  manger  lie. 


4  Hymns      and  Book  I. 

6.    With  (auks  and  hearts  ferene, 
Go  vrfit  Ch\'i{\  )  our  king; 
And  ftraight  a  flaming  troop  was  teen  : 
the  mepherds  heard  them  fing, 

7.    C lory  to  God  071  high  / 
and  heav'nly peace  on  earth, 
Good-will^  0  men,  to  angeis joyf 
at  our  Redeemer  s  birth  ! 

L8/  In  worfhip  To  divine 
let  faints  employ  their  tongues  j 
With  the  celeilial  hoft  we  join, 
and  loud  repeat  their  longs  j 

9.   Glory  to  God  on  h'gh  ! 

and  heavenly  peace  on  earthy 

Good-will  to  men,  to  angeli  joy, 

at  our  Redeemer's   birth  /J 

IV.    Referred  to    the  2d  Pfalm. 

V.Submifion  to  afflifiive  providences,  Job.  i.  21 « 

I.  T^TAKED  as  from  the  earth  we  came, 

X%|    and  crept  to  life  at  firlt, 
We  to  the  earth  return  again, 

and  mingle  with  our  duit. 

Z.   The  dear  delights  we  here  enjoy, 

and  fondly  call  our  own, 
At<-  bur  ihort  favours  borrow'd  now, 

"to  be  repaid  anon. 

.:.   'Tis  God  that  lifts  our   comforts  high, 

or  (inks  them  in  the  grave  ; 
He  gives,  aad  (ble'Xed  be  Ins  name  ?) 

he  takes  but  what  he  gave. 

4.   Peace,  all  our  angry  pafiions  then; 
irt  each  rebellious  fighj 


Book  I.       Spiritual     Songs.         $ 

Be  fiJent  as  his  fov'reign  will, 
and  ev'ry  murmur  die. 

5.  If  fmiling  mercy  crown  our  lives, 

its  praifes  fhall  be  fpread, 
And  we'll  adore  the  juftice  too 

that  ftrikes  our  comforts  dead. 

VI.  Triumph  over  death.     Jab  xfx.     2$,   26,   27*. 

1.  /^  RE\T  Cod,  I  own  thy  fentence  juft, 
\jj  and  nature  muft  decays 

I  yield  my  body  to  the  duft, 
to  dwell  with  fellow-clay. 

2.  Yet  faith  may  triumph  o'er  the  grave, 
and  trample  on  the  tombs  : 

My  Jefus,  my  Redeemer,  lives  ! 
my  Cod,  my  Saviour  comes. 

3.  The  mighty  conqu'ror  fhall  appear 
high  on  a  royal  feat, 

And  death,  the  lalt  oi  all  his  foes, 
lie  vanquinVd  at  his  feet. 

4.  Tho'  greedy  worms  devour  my  fkin, 
and  gnaw  my  wafting  flefh, 

When  Cod  (hall  blind  my  bones  again, 
he  clothes  them  all  afrefh  : 

5.  Then  fhall  I  fee  thy-  lovely  face 
with  ftrong  immortal  eyes, 

And  feaft:  upon  thy  unknown  grace 
with  pleaiure  and  furp.rife, 

VII.   The    invitation    of  the  gofpel ;  or,  fpirituaf 

food  and  clothing,  lfa.    Iv.  I,  2,  &C. 
1.  T       ET  ev'ry  mortal  ear  attend7 

J j    and  ev'ry  heart  rejoice, 

The  trumpet  of  the  gofpel  founds 
mth  an  inviting  voice, 
A  a; 


0  ii  Y  M  N  s      and  Book  I. 

2.   Ho  !   all  ve  hungry  flai  ving  fouls, 

that  feed  upon  the  wind, 
And  vainly  ftnve,    with  earthlv  toys, 

to  (ill  an  empty  mind  ; 

^.   Erernat  wifdom  has  prepar'd 

a  foul- reviving  fealt, 
An  1  bids  your  longing  appetites 

the  rich  provifUni  tatte. 

4.    Ho  !  ye  that  pant  for  laving  ftreams, 

and  pine  away  ,\t,d  d«-, 
Here  y6n  m**T  quench  your  raging  thlrft 

v/iih  firings  that  never  dry. 

$     Rivers  of  love  and  mercy  here 
\\\  ai*H*h  ocean  join  ; 

it  ion  in  abundance  flows, 
like  floods  of  milk  and  wine. 

[6.   Ye  perifbingand  naked  poor, 
who  v  or!;  v-*-_h  mighty  pair, 

1  6  weave  a  garment  of  your  own, 

that  wUliiot  hide  your  fins  ; 

7.   Come,  naked,  ami  adorn  your  fouj" 

in  robes  pre;.; a:  'd  by  C od, 
Wrpuoht  by  the  labours  of  his  Son. 

and  dy'd  in  his  own  blood.] 

3.,  Dear  God\  the  trea  Cures  of  thy  love 
are  eve:  iai ting  mines, 

p  as  our  heipiefs  mis'ries  are, 
and  boundlefs  as  our  fins  ! 

s.  The  happy  gates  of  gofpel-grace 

Aand  open  night  and  day  : 
Lord>   we  are  come  to  feek  fu  pplies., 

and  drive  cur  wants  a^vay. 


Book  I.  Spiritual    Songs.  7 

VIII.  The  fajety  and  protection  of  the  church,  Ifa, 

xxvi.  r,  2,  J,  4,  Si  °- 

1.  T  TOW  honourable  is  the  place, 

[^   where  we  adoring  it  and, 
the  glory  of  the  earth, 
and  beauty  of  the  laud  ! 

2.  Bulwarks  of  mighty  grace  defend 
the    city   where  we  dwell  ; 

The  walls,  of  ltrong  falv'ation  made, 
defy  th*  aifauus  of  hell. 

g.  Lifr  up  the  everlaiting  gates, 

the  doors  wide  open  tiing  ; 
Enter  ye  nations,  that  obey 

the  ftatutes  of  our  Xing. 

4.  Here  (ball  you  taile  unmingJed  jo 
aud  live  in  perfe«S  peace  ; 

You  that  have  known  Jthsvabls  name., 
and  ventured  on  his  grace. 

5.  TjuII  in  the  Lord,  for  ever  truft, 
and  bauiih  all  your  fear: 

Strength  in  the  Lord  Jr.WrfA- dwells, 
eternal  as  his  years, 

6.  What  the* '  the  rebels  dwell  on  high- 
his  arm  lhall  brino-  them  low 

Low   as  the  caverns  of  the    grave 
their  Lofty  heads  mail  bow. 

7.  On  Baby  to  Q  our  feet  (hall  tread, 
in  that  rejoicing  hour  ; 

The  ruins  of  her  walls  lhall  fpread 
a  pavement  for  the  poor. 

IX.  The  prsmites    cf  the  covenant  tf.g* a ce3  lia. 
]v.  1,  2.  Zech.  xiii.l.  Mic.  vii.  jo,  Ezek.  xx.wi. 

25,    pre, 
;,  TN  vain  we  laviih  out  our  lives, 
to  gather  empty  wind  5 


8  Hymns     and  Book  L- 

Tlje  choiceft    bleffings  earth    can  yield 
will  itarvc  a  hungry  mind. 

£,    Come,  and  |he  Lor^  fiiall  feed  our  fouls,, 

with  more  fubdantia!  meat, 
With  i'uch  as  faints  in  glotv  love, 

with  fuch  as  an g els  eat. 

3.  Our  Cod  will  ov'ry  want  fupplv, 
and  fill  out  hearts  with  peace  * 

He  gives  by  covenant  and  by  oath 
the  riches  of  his  grace. 

4.  Come,   and  he'll    cleanfe  out  fpotted  fouls*, 
and  warn  away  our  /tains 

In  the  dear  fountain  that  his  Son 
pour'd  from  his  dying  veins, 

£5.   Our  guilt  (hall  vaniih  all  away, 

tho'  black  as  hell  before  ; 
Our  (ins  ffiall  (ink  beneath  the  fea, 

and  (hall  be  found  no  more. 

6.  And  left  puliation  mould  o'erfpread 
our  inward  pow'rs  again, 

Tut  i  p  i  1  \  t  Id  a  11  be  d  e  w  ou  r  fo  11 1  s 
like  purifying  rain.] 

7.  Our  heart,  that  flinty  ilubbom  thing, 
that  terrors  cannot  move, 

Thar  fears  no    threat'nings  of  his  wrath,. 
fha!l  be  diiloiv'd  by  love. 

JT.   Or  he  can  take  the  flint  away 

that  would  not  be  refin'd  ; 
And  from  the  treasures  of  his  grace 

bellow  a  fofter  mind.  , 

o.   There  (hall  his  f  icred  Spirit  dwells 

and  deep  engrave  his  law, 
An^  cv'ry  motion  of  our  fouls 

tofwii't  obedience  draw*. 


Kook  T.       .    Spiritual    Songs, 

io.   Tims  will  he  pour  ialvation  down, 
and  we  fhall  render  praife  ; 

We  the  dear  people   of  his  love, 
and  he  our  Cod  of  grace. 


X.      The  bleffed?iefs    of  gof pel- time  ;    or,    the    re*> 

velatio?i  oj  Chriit  to   Jews   and  Gentiles,  Ifa.  v. 

2,  7,  8;  9,  10.     Matt   xiii    16,  17. 

1.  "J    TOW  beauteous,  are  their  feet 
J   J.      who  (land  on  Xion's  hill, 

Who  bring  falvation   on  their  tongues, 
and  words  of  peace  reveal! 

2.  How  charming  is  their  voice  ! 
how  fweet  the  tidings  are  ! 

44  %'ion,  behold  thy  Saviour  King, 
44  he  reigns  and  triumphs  here." 

3.  How  happy  are  our  ears, 
that  hear  this  joyful  found, 

Which  kings  and  prophets  waited  for, 
and  fought,  but  never  found  ! 

4.  How  bleffed  are  our  eyes, 
that  fee  this  heav'nly  light  ; 

Prophets  and  kings  dehVd  it  long, 
but  dy'd  without  the  fight  ! 

5.  The  watchmen  join  their  voice 
and  tuneful  notes  employ  ; 

Jerufalsm  breaks  forth  in  fongs, 
and  defarts  learn  the  joy, 

6.  The  Lord  makes  bare  his  arm, 
thro1   all  the  earth  abroad  ; 

Let  ev Vy  nation  now  behold 
their   Saviour  and  their  Cod, 


io  H  Y  m  n  s       and  Book    I. 

XI.   The    humble    enlightened,    and    mrnal  reafon 
huvibled\  or  ,  the  foveretgnty    of  grace,    Luke  x. 
21,  22. 

1.  r  |  ^ Here  was  an   hour  when  Chrifl  rejoic'd, 

X       And  fpoke  his  joy  in  words  of  praife  j 
"    Father  ,  I  thank  thee,  mighty  Cod, 
€t    Lord  of  the  earth,  and  heavens  and  Teas. 

2.  "  I  thank  thy  fov 'reign  pow'rand  love, 
"  That  crowns  thy  doctrine  with  fuccefs  ; 
"   And  makes  the  bab  s  in  knowledge  learn 

"    The  heights,  and  breadths,  and  lengths  cf 

(grace. 

3.  u  But  all  this  glory  lies  conceal'd 

"  From  men  of  prudence    and  of   wit; 

€€  The  prince  of  dark  nets  blinds  their  eyes, 

il  And  their  own  pride  refifts  the  light. 

4.  u  Father,  'tis  thus,  becaufe  thy  will 
u   Chofe  and  ordain'd  it  mould  be  fo  ; 
i(  'Tis  thy  delight  t'abafe   the  proud, 
<(  And  lay  the  haughty  fcorner  low. 

5.  "  There's  none  can  know  the  Father  right, 
"   But  thofe  who  learn    it  from  the  Son  ; 

u  Nor  can  the  Son  be  well  receiv'd 

c*  But  where  the  Father  makes  him  known." 

6.  Then  let  our  fouls  adore   our  Cod, 
That  deals  his  graces  as  he  pleafe  ; 
Nor  gives  to  mortals  an  account 

Or  of  his  actions,  or  decrees. 


XII.     Free  grace  revealing    Chriit,   Luke  x.  21. 

I,    YESUS  the  man  of  conftant  grief, 

J      a  mourner  all  his  days, 
His  fpirit  once  rejoie'd  aloud, 

and  turn'd  his  joy  to  praife  :: 


Book  I.  Spiritual    Songs.         ii 

2.  Father }  1   thank  thy  wond'rous  love, 
that  hath  reveal' d  thy  Son 

To  men  unlearned :    and  t<s  babes 
has  made  thy  g  of  pel  known. 

3.  The  myfl'ries  of  redeeming  grace 
are  hidden  from  the  wife. 

While  />ride  a?id  carnal  reasoning  join 
Tojwell  and  blind  their  eyes. 

4.  Thus  doth  the  Lord of  heaVn  and  earth 
his  great  decrees  fulfil, 

And  orders  all  his   works  of  grace 
by  his  o\tii  fov 'reign  will. 

XIII.      The  Son  of  God    incarnate;   or,  the  titles 
and  kingdom  ef  Chrift,  If.  ix.  2,  6}  7. 

1.  r  J  >HE  lands  that  long  in  darknefs  lay, 

JL      Now  have  beheld  a  heav'nly  light  ; 
Natiolis  that  fat  in  death's  cold  fliade 
Are  blefl  with  beams  divinely  bright. 

2.  The  virgin's  promis'd  Son  is  born  : 
Behold  th'  expected  child  appear  ; 
What  (hall  his  names  or  titles  be  ? 

The  Wonderful,  the  Conn  feller. 

[;.  This  Infant  is  the  mighty  Cod, 
Come  to  be  fnckled  and   ador'd  ; 
Th'  eternal  Father,  Prince  of  Peace, 
The  Son  of  David,  and  his  Lord.] 

4.  The  government  of  earth  and  feas 
Upon  his  moulders  fhall  he  laid  ; 

His  wide  dominions  fhall  increafe, 
And  honours  to  his  name  be  paid. 

5.  Jfus,  the  holy  child,  fhall  fit 
High  on  his  Father  David's  throne, 
Shall  crtrfh  his  foes  beneath  his  feet, 
And  reign  to  ages  yet  unknown. 


\2  Hymns     and  Book  I 

XIV.     The   triumph   of  faith  ;  or,  ChritVs  un- 
changeable love,  Rom.  viii.  33,  ire. 

1.  VT7  HO  fhall  the  Lord's  elect  condemn  I 

W     'Tis  Cod  that  jultities  their  fouls, 
And  mercy,  like  a  mighty  ftream, 
O'er  all  their iins  divinely  rolls. 

2.  Who  fhall  adjudge  the  faints  to  hell  ? 
'Tis  Chriji  that  fuffer'd  in  their  (lead  j 
And,  the  falvation  to  fulfil, 

Behold  him  rifing  from  the  dead. 

3.  He  lives  !  he  lives  !  and  fits  above, 
For  ever  interceeding  there  : 

Who  (hall  divide  us  from  his  love, 
Or  what  mail  tempt  us  to  defpair  ? 

4.  Shall  perfecution,  or  diltrefs, 
Famine,  or  fword,  or  nakednefs  ? 
He  that  hath  lov'd  us,  bears  us  thro', 
And  makes  us  more  then  conqu'rors  too. 

5.  Faith  hath  an  overcoming  power 
It  triumphs  in  the  dying  hour, 
Chrifl  is  our  life,  our  joy,  our  hope  *, 
Nor  can  we  (ink  with  fuch  a  prop. 

6.  Not  all  that  men  on  earth  can  do, 
Nor  pow'rs  on  high  nor  povv'rs  belo^v, 
Shall  caufe  his  mercy  to  remove, 

Or  wean  our  hearts  from  Chriji  our  love. 

XV.   Our  own  weaknefj,    and  Chrift  our  fire ?igtk> 
2  Cor.  xii.  7,  9,  10. 

1.  T      ET  me  but  hear  my  Saviour  fay, 
\_j     Strength  fhall  be  equal  to  thy  day  ; 

Then  I  rejoice  in  deep  diflrefs, 
Leaning  on  all-fufficient  grace. 

2,  I  glory  in  infirmity, 

That   Chrif's  own  pow'r  may  reft  on  me  ; 


Book  I.  S  p  I  R  I  T  V  A.L   S  o  :;  c  s,        -      :-? 

When  I  am  weak,  then  am  I  ftrong  ; 
Grace  is  my  fhield,  and  Cbrifl  my  long., 

3.  lean  do  all  tiling,   or  can  bear, 
All  fufPiings,  ir"m)r  Lord  he  there; 
Sweet  pleafares  mingle  with  the  pain^ 
While  his  left-hand  my  head  fuftains. 

4.  But  if  the  Lord  be  once  withdrawn, 
And  we  attempt  the  work  alone, 
When  new  temptations  fpring  and  rife, 
We  find  how  great  our  weaknefs  is. 

5.  So  Samp/bn,  when  his  hair  was  loft, 
Met  the  Phili[iines  to  his  co(t  ; 

Shook  his  vain  limbs  with  fad  furprife, 
Made  feeble  fight,  and  loft  his  eyes. 

XVI.     Ho f anna  to   Chrift,  Matt,   xxi  9.    Luke 
xix,  ;8,  40. 

T.   TTOSANNA  to  the  royal  Son 
j  1     of  David's  ancient  line. 
His  nature's  two,  hb  perfon  one, 
myfterious  and  divine. 

2.  The  root  of  David  here  we  find, 
and  offspring  is  tlie  fame  ; 

Eternity  and  time  arejoin'd 
in  our  Emanuel\  name. 

3.  Bleft  he  that  comes  to  wretched  men 
with  peaceful  news  from  beav'n  ! 

Hofannas  of  the  higheft  (train 
to  Chrift  the  Lord  be  giv'n  ! 

4.  Let  mortals  ne'er  refufe  to  take 
th'  Hofanna  on  their  tongues, 

Left  rocks  and  (tones  fliould  rife,  aad  break 
their  filence  into  fongs. 


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XVII.  Viflcry  over    death9   I    Cor.   xv.  $5>  ^c- 

1.  /^\  For  an  overcoming  faith 
V^J      to  chear  my  dying  hours, 

To  triumph  o'er  the  monfter  death, 
and  all  his  frightful  pow'rs. 

2.  Joyful,  with  all  the  rtrength  I  have, 
my  qui v' ring  lips  ihould  fing, 

Where  is  thy  boa/led  vicTry,  grave  ? 
and  inhere  the  monfter9 s  fling  P 

3.  If  fin  be  pardon'd,  I'm  fee u re  ; 
death  hath  no  fling  befide  : 

The  la\r  gives  fin  its  damning  pow'r  ; 
but  Chrifly  my  ranfom,  dy'd. 

4.  Now  to  the  Go d  of  victory 
immortal  thanks  be  paid, 

Who  makes  us  conquVors  while   we  die, 
through  Chrijl  our  living  head. 

XVIII.  Bteffed   are    the   dead  that   die    in   the 

LORD,  Rev.  xiv.  1 3. 

HEar  what  the  voice  from  heav'n  proclaims 
for  all  the  pious  dead, 
Sweet  is  the  favour  of  their  names, 
and  foft  their  fleeping  bed. 

2.  They  die  in  Jefus  and  are  blefl:  ; 
how  kind  their  numbers  are  ! 

From  fufPrings  and  from  fins  releas'd. 
and  freed  from  ev'ry  fnare. 

3.  Far  from  this  world  of  toil  and  ftrife, 
they're  prefent  with  the  Lord; 

The  labours  of  their  mortal  life 
end  in  a  large   reward. 

XIX.  The  fong  of  Simeon  ;    or,  death  made  de- 

firab/e,  Luke  i.  27,  &c. 
I.  ^     ORD,  at  thy  temple  we  appear, 
J j    as  happy  Simeon  cjuxe, 


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And  hope  to  meet  our  Savicur  here  ; 
O  make  our  joys  the  fame  ! 

2.  With  what  divine  and  vaft  delight 
the  good  old  man   \va3  fWd, 

When  fondlv  in  his  wither'd  arms 
he  clafp'd  the  holy  Child  ! 

3.  Now  I  can  leave  this,  world,   (he  cry'd) 

I've  feen  thy  great  falvation,   Lord, 
and  c/c/c  ?ny  peaceful  eyes. 

4.  This  is  the  light  prepared  to  Jhine 

the  Gentile  lands, 
IlVel's  glory,  and  their 
to  break  their  Jlav'tfl)  bands. 

[5.   Jfsus  !  the  virion  of  thy  face 

hath  over-pow'ring  charms  ! 
Scarce  fliall  I  feel  death's  cold  embrace, 

if  Christ   be  in  my  arms. 

6.  Then  while  ye  hear  my  heart-ftrings  break  ; 

how  fweet  my  minutes  roll  ! 
A  mortal  pale  11  efs  on  my  cheek, 

and  glory  in  my  foul. J 

XX.  Spiritual  apparel,  viz    the  robe  ofrigr. 
nefsy  and  garments  of  falvation,  11a.  Lxi.  10. 

1     1  WAKE  my  heart,  arife  my   tongue, 

l\     prepare  a  tuneful  voice  ! 
In  God,  the  life  of  aH  my   joys, 

aload  will  I  rejoice. 

2.   *Tis  he  adorn'd  my  naked  foul, 

and  made  falvation  mine  ; 
Upon  a  poor  polluted  worm 

he  makes  his  graces  ihine. 
C  2 


H  and  Book  I 

:.   And  lert  the  fliadowof  a  fpot 

fhould  on  my  ibui  be  found, 
He  took  the  robe    the  Saviour  wrought, 
and  call  it  all  around. 

4.  How  far  the  beaVnly  robe  exceeds 
what  earthly  princes  wear  ! 

Thefe  ornaments,   how  bright  they  fliinc  ! 
how  white  the  garments  are  ! 

5.  The   Spirit  wrought  my  faith  and  love, 
and  hope,  and  ev'ry  grace  ; 

But  Jefus  fpent  his  life,  to  work 
the  robe  of  right'oufnefs. 

6.  Strangely,  my  foul,  art  thou  array'd 
by  the  great  facred  Three  ! 

In  fweetelt  harmony  of  praife 
let  all  thy  pow'rs  agree. 

XXL   Avifion  of  the  kingdom  of  Chrirt    among 
men,  Rev.  xxi.    r,  2,3,  4. 

I.T      O,  what  a  glorious  fight  appears 

JLi      to  our  believing  eyes  ! 
The  earth  and  feas  are  part  away, 

and  the  old  rolling  ikies. 

z.   From  the  third  hcav'n,  where  Cod  refides, 

that  holy,  happy  place, 
The  New  Jerufalem  comes  down 

adorn'd  with  ihining  grace. 

3.  Attending  angels  fliout  for  joy, 
and  the  bright  armies  fing, 

Mortals,  behold  the  /acred  feat 
of  your  dij fc  ending  King. 

4.  7 he  God  of  glory  down  to  men 
removes  his  bl.fs'd  abode  ; 

Men,  the  dear  objects  ofhisgracf> 
and  he  the  loving  God. 


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5.  His  own  /oft  hand  /hall  wipe  the  tears 
from  evry  weeping   eye  ; 

And  pains,  and  greavs,  and  griefs,  and  fear  5 } 
and  death  it/elf ' /hall  die. 

6.  How  long,  dear  Saviour,  O  how  long  I 
(hall  this  bright  hour  delay  I 

Fly  fwifter  round,    ye  wheels  of  time, 
and  bring  the  welcome  day. 

XXII,  and  XXlll.  Referred  to  the  125th  Pfalm. 

XXIV.  The  rich  /inner  dying,    Pfal.   xlix.  6,  9. 

Eccl.  viii.  8.  Job  iii.    14,  15. 

i.TN  vain  the  wealthy  mortals  toil, 

X  And  heap  their  mining  dud  in  vain, 
Look  down  and  fcorn  the  humble  poor, 
And  boaft  their  lofty  hills  of  gain. 

2.  Their  golden  cordials  cannot  eafe 
Their  pained  hearts  or  aching  heads  ; 
Nor  fright,  nor  bribe,    approaching  death 
From  glittering  roofs  and  downy  beds. 

3.  The  lingering,  the  unwilling  foul 
The  di final  fummons  muft  obey, 
And  bid  a  lor»g,    a  fad  farewel, 

To  the  pale  lumps  of  lifelefs  clay. 

4.  Thence  they  are  huddled  to  the  grave, 
Where  kings  and  flaves  have  equal  thrones 
Their  bones  without  diftimftioii  lie 
Amongll  the  heap  of  meaner  bones, 

The  red  referred  to  the  49M  P/ahn.. 

XXV.  Avifton  0/  the  Lamb,  Rev.  v.  6,.  7,  8,  a> 
li.    A  LL    mortal  vanities  (>egone, 

1  Jl  Nor  tempt  my  eves,    nor  tire  my  ears  r: 
C   * 


H  Y  m  N  s       and  Book  fc 

id  !  amidft  tli*  eternal  throne, 

A  vi.ioa  of  the  Lamb  appears. 

[2    Glory  I113  fleecy  robe  adorns, 
Mark'd  with  the  bloody  death  he  bore  ; 
Sev"n  are  his  eyes,  and  feven  his  hornv 
To  fpeak  Ins  wifdom  and  his  pewV. 

;.   La  !    lie  receives  a  fealed  book 
From  him  that  fits  upon  the  throne  ; 
Jtfus,  my  Lord,  prevails  fo  look 
On  dark  decrees,  and  tilings  unknown. 

4     All  l be  aflembliog  faints  around 
Fall  wocflilj>ping  before  the  La?;;b, 
And  in  new  Jongs  of"  gofpel-fonnd » 
Addrefs  their  honours  to  his  nam*. 

[5,   The  joy,  the  fhout,  the  harmony, 
Flies  o'er  the  eveiiaftino:  Iiills  ; 
Worth)  art  thou  alone  (they  cry) 

To  read  the  book,  to  Icofe  the  feats.'] 

6.  Our  voices   join  the  hcav-nly  (train; 
And  with  tranlportihg  pleafure'fiiigj 

Worthy  the  haiitb  that  once  was  ilain, 
To  be  our  teacher    and  our  kino-  \ 

7.  His  words  of  prophecy  reveal 
Eternal  counfels,  deep  defigns  ; 
His  grace  and  vengeance  (hall 'fulfil 
The  peaceful  and  the  dreadful  lines. 

8.   Thou  haft  redeem'd  our  fouls  from  hell 
"With  thine  invaluable  blood  ; 
And  wretches,  that  did  once  rebel, 
Are  now  made  fav'rites  of  their  Cod, 

o.    Worthy  for  ever  is  the  Lcrdy 
That  died  for  treafons  not  hisown> 
By  ev'ry  tongue  to  be  ador'd, 
And  dwell  upon  his  Fathers  throne. 


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XXVI.   Hope  of  Heave?:,    h  th     rtfumcOii 

Chrift,    1  Pet.  i.    $,  4, 
I.T>LEST    be  the  everlafting  Gcd, 

XJ     the  Father  of  our  I. 
Be  iiis  abounding  mercy   prais'd, 

his  majefty  ador'd. 

2.  When  from  the  dead  he  rais'd  his  Son, 

and  call'd   him  to  the  iky, 
He  gave  our  fouls  a  lively  hope 

that  they  fhould  never  die. 

p.   What  tho*  our  inbred  fins  require 

our  fieih  to  fee  the  duit, 
Yet  as  the  Lord  our  Saviour  role, 

fo  all  his  followers  mull. 

4.    There's  an  inheritance  divine, 

refeiVd  ngainlt  that  day* 
'Tis  uncorrupted,  undefTd, 

and  cannot  walte  away. 

;.   Saints  by  the  powVof  Gcd  are  kept, 

till  the  falvation  come  ; 
We  walk  by  faith,  as  Grangers  here, 

till  Ch^iil    fliull  call  us  home. 

XXVII.  Affurance  of  Heaven  ;    or,  a    Saint  pre- 
pared to  die.  2  Tim.  iv.  6,  7,  8,  iS. 

[1.  T^\EATH  may  difiolve  my  body  now, 

JL*/      and  bear  my  fpirit  home  : 
Why  do  my  minutes  move  £0  flow, 
nor  my  falvation  come  I 

2.  Writh  heav'nly  weapons  I  have  foujrb* 

the  battles  of  the  Lord, 
FinilVd  my  courfe,  and  kept  the  iait! 

and -wait  the  fure  reward.] 

3;  God  has  laid  up  in  heav'i)  for  me 

a  crown  which  cannot  fade  : 


i 


20  H  v  m  n  s      ayii  Bookl. 

The  right'ous  judge,  at  that  great  day, 
fhall  place  it  on  my  head. 

4.  Nor  bath  the  King  of  grace  decreed 
this  prize  for  me  alone. 

But  all  that  love,  and  long  to  fee, 
tli *  appearance  of  his  Son. 

5.  jefus,  the  Lord,  fhall  guard  me  fife, 
from  ev'ry  ill  dtfign  ; 

And  to  his  heav'nly  kingdom  keep 
this  feeble  ioul  of  mine*. 

6.  Gcd  is  inv  everlafling  aid, 
and  hell  (hall  rage  in  vain  ; 

To  him  be  higheit  glory  paid, 
and  en  die  is  praife.      Ajjicu. 

XXVIII.     The  triumph  ofChriiX  over  the   enemies 
of  his  Chirch.      Ifa.  lxiii.  1,   2,    3,   &c. 

1.  \7\7  ^  ^  T    mighty  man,  or  mighty  God, 

\  V     comes  travelling  in  Itate^ 
Along  the  Iduviean  road, 
away  from  Bozrah\  gate. 

2.  The  glory  of  his  rebes  proclaim 
'tis  fbme  \icctoriot:s  king  : 

u  'Tis  1,  the  jpft,  th'  Almighty  one, 
u  that  your  (alvation  bring. " 

3.  Why,  mighty  Lord,  thy  faints  enquire, 
why  thine  apparel's  red  ? 

And  all  ihy  veilure  ftain'd  like  thofe 
who  in  the    v.  ine-prefs  tread  ? 

4.  "   I  bv  myfelf  have  tiod  the  prefs, 
*<  and  crvifh'd  my  foes  a  lane  ; 

<<  My  wrath  hath  ltruck  the  rebels  dead, 
u  my  lury  itainp'd  them  down. 

c.  "  'Tis  E4*m*s  blood  that  dyes  my  robes 
"  with  joj  ful  fcarlet  (tains  ; 


Book  I.      Spiritual    Songs.  11 

i(  The  triumph  that  my  raiment  wears, 
"  fprung  from  their  bleeding  veins. 

6.   "  Thus  (hall  the  nations  be  deilro^'d 

u  that  dare  infult  my  faints  ; 
"  I  have  an  arm  t'  avenge  their  wrongs, 

"  an  ear  for  their  complaints." 


XXIX.  The  fecond  fart ;   or,  >  the  ruin    of  Anti- 
chrift,  ver.  4,   5,  6,   7. 

1.  «  TT  Lift  my  banner,  fairh  the  Lord, 

X   u  where  Anticbr'tfi  has  ilood  ; 
€€  The  citv  of  my  gofpel  foes. 
"  (hall  be  a  field  of  blood. 

2.  "  My  heart  has  fludied  juft  revenge; 
u  and  now  the  day  appears, 

11  The  day  of  my  redeem'd  is  come, 
rt  to  wipe  away  their  tears. 

3.  u  Quite  weary  is  my  patience  grown, 
i€  and  bids  my  fury  go  j 

u  Swift  as  the  light'ning  it  {hall  move, 
"  and  be  as  fatal  too, 

4.  "  I  call  for  helpers,  but  in  vain  : 
u  then  has  my  gofpel  none  \ 

"  Well,  mine  own  arm  has  might   enough 
14  to  crufh  my  foes  alone. 

5.  "  Slaughter  and  my  devouring  fword 
i(  ihall  walk  the  (treets  around, 

u  Bate/  (hall  reel  beneath  mv  ftroke, 
"  and  ftagger  to  the  ground. " 

6.  Thy  honours,  O  victorious  king  ! 
thine  own  right-hand  (hall  raife, 

While  we  thy  awful  vengeance  ling, 
and  out  deliv'rer  praiie. 


22  Hymns      and  Book  I. 

XXX.  Pray  cr  for  deliverance  anfwered,  I  fa.  xxvi. 
8 20. 

1.  TN  thine  own  ways,  O  God  of  Jove, 
\_   We  wait  the  vifits  of  thy  grace  ; 

Our  fouls  defire  is  to  thy  name, 
And  the  remembrance  of  thy  face. 

2.  My  thoughts  are  fearching,   Lord,  for  thee, 
'Mongft  the  black  (hades  of  Jonefome  night  j 
My  earned  cries  falute  the  fkies, 
Before  the  dawn  reltore  the  light. 

3.  Look  how  rebellious  men  deride 
The  tender  patience  of  my  God  ; 
But  they  mall  fee  thy  lifted  hand, 
And  feel  the  fcourges  of  thy  rod. 

4.  Hark  !  the  Eternal  rends  the  fky, 
A  mighty  voice  befoie  him  goes, 
A  voice  of  mufic  to  his  friends, 
But  threat'ning  thunder  to  his  foes. 

5.  Come,  children,  to  your  father's  arms, 
Hide  in  the  chambers  of  my  grace, 
'Till  the  fierce  florins  he  overblown, 
And  my  revenging  fury  ceafe. 

6.  My  fword  (ball  boalt  its  thoufands  (lain, 
And  drink  the  blood  of  haughty  kings  ; 
While  heav'nly  peace  around  my  flock 
Stretches  its  foft  and  fhady  wings. 

XXXI.   Referred  to  the  tft  Pfalm. 
XXXil.   Strength  from  Heaven,  If.  xl.  27,   ire. 

l'  X  T  7  ^ence  ^°  ovlv  mournful  thoughts  arife 
W     ana<  w  here's  our  courage  fled  I 

Has  reiflefs  fin  and  raging  hell 
iiruck  all  cur  comforts  dead  ? 


Book  I.     Spiritual     Songs.  23 

2.  Have  we  forgot  th'  Almighty  name 
that  formed  the  earth  and  fea  ? 

And  can  an  all-creating  arm 
grow  weary  or  decay  ? 

3.  Treafures  of  everlafting  might 
in  our  Jehovah  dwell  ; 

He  gives  the  conqueit  to  the  weak, 
and  treads  their  foes  to  hell.    ' 

4.  Mere  mortal  pow'r  {hall  fade  and  die, 
and  youthful  vigour  ceafe  ; 

But  we,  that  wait  upon  the  Lord, 
(hall  feel  our  ftrength  increafe. 

5.  The  flints  (hall  mount  on  eaglet  wings, 
and  tafte  the  promifed  blifs, 

'Till  their  unwearied  teet  arrive 
where  perfect  pleafure  is. 

The    XXXI11,    XXXIV,    XXXV.      XXXVI, 

XXXVII,  and  XXXVIII.     Referred  to  PiaL 

cxxxi,  cxxxiv,  lxvii,  lxxiii,    xc,    and    lxxxiv. 

.XXXIX.     God's   tender  care  of  his  church,  Ifa- 
xlix.  13,  14,  ire. 

•  I.  TWTOW  (hall  my  inward  joys  arife, 

JL^I       and  burit  into  a  long  ; 
Almighty  love  infpires  my  heart, 

and  pleafure  tunes  my  tongue. 

2.  God  on  his  thirfty  Sio?i  liill 
fome  mercy-drops  has  thrown, 

And  folemn  oaths  have  bound  his  love 
to  fhow'r  falvation  down. 

3.  Why  do  we  then  indulge  our  fears, 
fufpicions,  and  complaints  ! 

Is  he  a  God,  and  (hall  his  grace 
grow  weary  of  bis  faints  i 


24  H  y  m  R  s     and  Book  I. 

4.  Can  a  kind  woman  e'er  forget 
the  infant  of  her  womb, 

And  'mono ft  n.  thoufand  tender  thoughts 
her  fuckling  have  no  room. 

5.  Yet,    (faith  tiie    Lord)  Jhiuld nature  ck 

and  mothers  monflers  prove, 
Zion  /till  dwells  upon  the  heart 
of  ever  la  fling  love, 

6.  Deep  en  the  palms  cfboth  my  hands 
I  have  engraved  her  na?ne  ; 

My  ha;ids  /halt  raife  her  ruined  wal/j, 
and  build  her  broken  frame. 

XL.  7  he  bu fine fs  and blejjedncfs  of  glorified  Saints, 
Rev.  vii.  13,   14,  15,   ire. 

1.  Iff  HAT  happy  men,  or  angels,  theft, 

That  all  their  robes  are  Jpotlefs  white  P 
Whence  did  this  glorious  troop  arrive 
At  the  pure  reahus  of  heavynly  light  ? 

2.  From  tort'ring  racks,   and  burning  fires, 
And  feas  of  their  own  blood,  they  came  : 
Eut  nobler  blood  has  wafh'd  their  robes, 
Flowing  from  Chrifl  the  dying  lamb. 

3.  Now  they  approach  th'  almighty  throne, 
With  loud  holannas  nioht  and  day; 
Sweet  anthems  to  the  great  Three  One, 
Meafure  their  blefs'd  eternity, 

4.  No  more  (hall  huger  pain  their  fouls; 
He  bids  their  parching  thlrft  be  gone, 
And  fp  reads  the  fhadow  of  his  wings, 
To  ikreen  'er*i  from  the  fc  ore  king  fun, 

5.  The  Lamb,  that  fills  the  middle  throne, 
Shall  (lied  around  his  milder  beams, 
There  (hall  they  fealt  on  his  rich  lore, 
And  drink  full  joys  from  living  ftreams. 


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6.   Thus  fhall  their  mighty  blifs  renew 
Thro'  the  va(l  round  of  endlefs  years  ; 
And  the  foft  hand  of  fov'reign  £race 
Heals  all  their  wounds,  and   wipes  their  tears. 

XLI.  The  fame  ;   or,   the  martyrs  glorified ',    Rev. 
vii.   13,  ire. 

1.  n"H£S£ glorious  minds,   how  bright  they  Jhine  i 

whence  all  their  white  array  P 
How  £&ve  they  to  the  happy  feats 
of  ever  la  ft  ing  day  P 

2.  From  tort'ring  pains  to  endlefs  joys 
on  fiery  wheels  they  rode, 

And  ftrangely  waftYd  their  raiment  white 
in  Jefus'  dying  blood. 

3.  Now  they  approach  a  fpotlefs  God, 
and  bow  before  his  throne  ; 

Their  warbling  harps  and  facred  fongs 
adore  the  holy  One. 

4.  The  unveil'd  glories  of  his  face 
amongit  his  faints  refide, 

Wfule  the  rich  treafure  of  his  grace 
fees  all  thejr  wants  fupply'd. 

5.  Tormenting  third  (hall  leave  their  fouls, 
and  hunger  flee  as  faft  ; 

The  fruit  of  life's  immortal  tree 
{hall  be  their  fweet  repaft. 

6.  The  Lamb  (hall  leave  his  heav'nly  flock 
where  living  fountains,  rife  ; 

And  lore  divine  fhall  wipe  awajr 
the  fbrrows  of  their  eyes. 


J) 


2°  Hymns      and  Book   I. 

"XLll. Dizrne  ivratb  and  ?n jrcy ,Nahum  h^i2^o>irc, 

1.  \   DORE  and  tremble,  for  our  God 

jT\_     is  a  *  c  on  fuming  fire  ; 
His  jealous  eyes  his  wrath  inflame, 
and  raiie  his  vengeance  higher. 

2.  Almighty  vengeance,  how  it  burns! 
how  bright  his  fury  glows  ! 

Vaft  magazines  of  plagues  and  florins 
lie  treafur'd  for  his  foes. 

3.  Thofe  heaps  of  wrath,  by  flow  degrees, 
are  forced  into  a  flame  ; 

JBut  kindled,  oh  !  how  fierce  they  blaze, 
and  rend  all  nature's  frame. 

4.  At  his  approach  the  mountains  fly, 
and  feek  a  wat'ry  grave  ; 

The  frighted  fea  makes  hade  away, 
and  ihrinks  up  ev'ry  wave. 

5.  Thro'  the  wide  air  the  weighty  rooks 
are  fwift  as  hail-ftones  hurl'd  : 

Who  dares  engage  his  fiery  rage, 
that  {hakes  the  folid  world  \ 

6.  Yet,  mighty  God  !  thy  fov'reigu  grace 
fits  regent  on  the  throne, 

The  refuge  of  thy  chofen  race 
when  wrath  comes  rufhing  down. 

7.  Thy  hand  (hall  on  rebellious  kings 
a  fiery  tempell  pour, 

While  we  beneath  thy  fhelt'ring  wings 
thy  juft  revenge  adore. 

XL1I  I.     Referred  to  the  1  ooth  Pfalm. 

XL1V.     Referred  ttthei^d  Pfalm. 


•  Heb.  xii.  2f , 


Book  I.  S  r  I  R  l  T  l   A  T      S  O  N  G  s.  27 

XLV.     Th  laftju.igmsxt,  Rev.  xxi.  5,  6,   7,  8< 

l.£*EE  where  the  great  incarnate  God 

*3     6H»a  majeftic  throne, 
While  from  the  ikies  his  awful  voice 

bears  the  lalt  judgment  down. 

[2.  "  I  am  the  firft,  and  I  the  laft, 

thro'  endlefs  years  the  fame  ; 
"  /  y/3I  is  my  memorial  ilill, 

u  and  roy  eternal  name. 

3.  "  Such  favours  as  a  God  can  give, 
u  my  royal  grace  bellows  : 

€€  Ye  thirfty  fouls,  come  talle  the  dreams 
u  Where  life  and  pleafure  flows.] 

[4.   "  The  faint  that  triumphs  o'er  his  fins,. 

"  I'll  own  him  for  a  fon  ; 
u  The  whole  creation  fhall  reward 

the  conqueds  he  has  won, 

5.  €€  But  bloody  hands,  and  hearts  unclean, 

u  and  all  the  lying  race, 
"  The  faithlefs  and  the  fcoffing  crew, 

u  that  fpurn  at  offer'd  grace  ; 

4.  €4  They  fhall  be  taken  from  my  fight, 
u  bound  fad  in  iron  chains, 

"  And  headlong  plirng'd  into  the  lake 
"  where  fire  and  darknefs  reigns/'] 

7.  O  may  I  fland  before  the  Lamb, 
when  earth  and  feas  are  fled  ! 

And  hear  the  judge  pronounce  my  name, 
with  bleflings  on  my  head  I 

8.  May  I  with  thofe  for  ever  dwell, 
who  here  were  my  delight, 

While  finners  banifh'd  down  to  hell, 
no  more  offend  my  fight. 

XL VI,  &  XLVII.     Referred  to  Pfalm  148,  &  ji 
D  2 


2?  Hymns     and  Book  I. 

XLVIII.  The  Chriflian  race,  Ifa.  xl.   2$,  29,  &ct 

1.  /\  WAKE  our  fouk,   (awav  our  fears# 

jl  3l     Let  ev'ry  trembling  thought  be  gone 
Awake  and  run  the  heav'nly  race, 
And  put  a  ehearful  courage  on. 

2.  True,  'tis  a  ft  rait  and  thorny  road, 
And  mortal  fpiriis  tire  and  faint  ; 
But  they  forget  the  mighty  God, 
That  feeds  the  ftrength  of  ev*ry  faint; 

3.  The  mighty  God,  whofe  matchlefs  powV 
Is  ever  new  and   ever   young, 

And  firm  endures,  while  endlefs  years 
Their  everlaitiug  circles  run  ; 

4.  From  thee,  the  overflowing  fpring, 
Our  fouls  (hall  drink  a  frefh  fupply, 
While  fuch  as  trull  their  native  itrengtli 
Shall  melt  away,  and  drop  and  die. 

5.  Swift  as  an  eagle  cuts  the  air, 
Well  mount  aloft  to  thine  abode  ; 
On  wings  of  love  our  fouls  (hall  fly, 
Nor  tire  amidft  the  heav'nly  road. 

XLIX.   The  works  of  Mofes  and  /A*La.--b      Rev. 
xv.  3. 

l.  T  TOW  thong  thine  arm    is    mighty  God  1 

8   1      who  would  not  tear  thy  name  i 
Jefus,  how  fWet  thy  graces  are  ! 
who  would  not  love  the  Lamb  P 

2     He  has  done  more  than  Mofes  did, 

3ul$j| 

\  taught  our  lips  to  filijjj 

[n  the  Red  Sea  bv  IS'hfej   hand 
&'  Egyptian,  holt  was  drew; 


Book'I.  Spiritual    Songs,         29 

But  his  own  blood  hides  all  our  (ins, 
and  guilt  no  more  is  found. 

4.  When  thro'  the  defart  dfrel  went. 

with  manna  they  were  ted  ; 
Our  Lord  invites  us  to  his  flefh,, 

*nd  calls  it  living  bread- 

;»  Mofes  beheld  the  promis'd  land, 

yet  never  reach'd  the  place  ; 
But  ChrtJ}  (hall  bring  his  followers  home 

to  fee  his  Father's  face. 

6.  Then  (hall  our  love  and  joy  be  fuu> 

and  feel  a  warmer  flame, 
And  Tweeter  voices  tune  the  foiig,. 

cf  Mofes  and'  the  Lamb. 

L.  The  fang  e/*Zecharias,  and  the  vie f age  cjfjohn. 
the  B-.zpt'iJl ,  or,  light  and  fa  hat  ion  by  Jesus. 
Christ,  Luke  i.  68,   6v.  John  i.   29,  32- 

I.\TOW  be  the  God  of  Ifrel  bleft,. 

{_  *^J       who  makes  his  truth  appear  5 
Kis  mighty  hand  fulfils  his  word,, 

and  all  the  oaths  he  fware. 

2.    Now  he  bedews  old  David's,  root 

with  bleilings  fiom  the  fkies  ; 
He  makes  the  branch  of  promife  grow,, 

the  promis'd  horn  ariie.. 

[3.  John  was  the  prophet  of  the  Lord,.. 

to  go  before  his  face, 
The  herald  which  our  Saviour  God. 

fent  topre-pare  his  ways.. 

4.  He  makes  the  great  falvation  known  ; 

he  fpeaks  of  pardon'd  .ins  j 
While  grace  divine,  and  heav'nly  love^, 

ia*Us,own,  glory  fhines.. 


?°  H  v  M  W  S       and  Hook  I 

5.  *   Behold  the  Lamb  of  Cod,  he  cries, 
"  that  takes  our  £iiilt  3  way  : 

M   I  1'uw  the  fpirit  o'er  his  head 
"  oil  his  baptizing  day.] 

6.  *   Be  ev'ry  vale  exalted  high, 
u  (ink  ev'ry  mountain  low  ; 

u  The  prouJ  mult  ftoop,  and  humble  fonli 
u  {hall  his  falvaticn  know. 

7-  u  The  Heathen  realms,  with  ffr'ei's  land. 

u  fit  a  1 1  join  in  fweet  accord  ; 
u  And  all  that's  born  of* man  (hall  fee 

w  the  glory  of  tho  Lord,. 

£.   u  Behold  the  mornhisf-ftar  arife, 

u  ye  that  in  darknefs  fit  ; 
u  He  marks  the  path  that  leads  to  peace* 

4t  and  guides  our  doubtful  feet." 

LI..     Perfcve ring  grace,  jude  24,   25* 

r.  nP^O  God  the  only  wife, 

A        our  Saviour  and  our  King, 
Let  all  the  faints  below,  the  ikies 
their  humble  praifes  bring. 

2.  'Tis  his  almighty  love,, 
hh  counfel,  and  his  care, 

Prefer ves  us  fave  from  jfin  and  death ^ 
aud  ev'ry  hurtful  fnare.. 

3.  He  willprefent  our  fouls,, 
unblemihVd  and  complete, 

Before  the  glory  of  his  face,, 
with  joys  divinely  great. 

4.  Then  all  the  chofen  feed 
ihall  meet  around  the  throne  ; 

Shall  blefs  the  conduct  of  his  grace^ 
aud  make  his  wonders  known- 


Book  I.  Spiritual    Songs*  3 1 

J*.  To  our  Redeemer  God 
wifdom  and  pow'r  belongs, 
Immortal  crowns  of  Majefty, 
and  everlalting  longs. 

L1I.     Baptifm,    Matt,  x.wiii.  19.     AcTs  ii.  38. 

1.  *r  I  ^Was  the  commiffion  of  the  Lord, 

X         Go  teach  the  nations,  and  baptize, 
The  nations  have  received  the  wo^d 
Since  he  afcended  to  the  ikies. 

2.  He  fits  upon  th*  eternal  hills, 
With  grace  and  pardon  in  his  handsr 
And  fends  his  cov'nant  with  the(ealsr 
To  blcfi  the  diltant  Britijh  lands. 

3.  Repent,  and  be  baptized,  he  faith, 
For  the  reviijjion  of  your  [ins  ; 

And  thus  our  fenfe  aflilts  our  faith, 
And  (hews  us  what  his  goipel  means 

4.  Our  fouls  he  wafhes  in  his  blood, 
As  water  makes  the  body  clean  ; 
And  the  good  fpirtt  from  our  God 
Defcends  like  purifying  rain. 

5.  Thus  we  engage  ourfelves  to  thee, 
And  feal  our  cev'nant  with  the  Lord  *r 
O  may  the  great  eternal  Three 

In  heav'n  our  folemn  vows  record  ! 

Llll.    ?he  Holy  Scriptures,  Heb.  f.  t.  2  Tinuiii* 
15,  16,     Pfalm  cxlvii.  19,  20. 

1.  y^t  OD,  who  in  various  methods  told 
V_JT    His  mind  and  will  to  faints  of  old,, 

Sent  his  own  Ion,  with  truth  and  grace, 
To  teach  us  in  thefe  latter  days, 

2.  Our  nation  reads  the  written  word, 
That  book  of  life,  that  fure  records 


32  H  y  m  N  s     and  Book  I. 

The  bright  inheritance  of  heav'n, 
Is  by  the  fwcet  conveyance  giv'n. 

3.  God's  kiiideft  thoughts  are  here  exprefs'd 
Able  to  make  ns  wile  and  blefs'd  ; 

TJie  doctrines  are  divinely  true, 
Fit  for  reproof  and  comfort  too. 

4.  Ye  Briii fl)  ifles,  who  read  his  love 
In  long  epiftles  from  above, 

(He  hath  not  feat  hisfacred  word 
To  ev'ry  land)    praife  ye  the  Lord. 

LIV.   Eietting  grace  ;  or,  fatnU  beloved  in  Chr if} 
Eph.  i.  3,  tec. 

1.  TESUS,   we  blefs  thy  Father's  name  ; 

c|    Thy  God  and  ours  are  both  the  fame  : 
What  heav'niy  blellings  from  his  throne 
Flow  down  to  (timers  thro*  his  Son  ! 

2.  Chr  if}  be  ??iy  rfr/i  e/efi,  he  faid, 
Then  choie  our  fouls  in  Chriji  our  head,, 
Before  he  gave  the  mountains  birth, 
Or  laid  foundations  for  the  earth. 

p.  Thus  did  eternal  love  begin 

To  raife  us  up  from  death  and  fin  ; 

0>;r  characters  were  then  decreed, 

lUumelefs  in  love>  and  holy  feed. 

4.  Predeflinated  to  be  ions, 

Born  by  d  agrees,  but  chofe  at  once  j 

A  new  regenerated  race, 

To  praife  the  glory  of  his  grace. 

5.  With  Chr  if}  our  Lord  we  (hare  our  part 
In  the  affections  of  his  heart  ; 

Nor  mall  our  fouls  be  thence  remov'd, 
'Till  he  forgets  his  firlt-belov'd .. 


Book  I.      Spiritual    S  •  nt  g  s.  33 

LV.   Hezekiah'j  fong  ;  or,  ficb-efs  and  recovery y 
Ifa.  xxxviii.  o,   &(,-. 

1.  \  7J  7 HEN  we  are  rais'd  from  deep  diftreft 

>  V        onr  Cod  deferves  a  fong  , 
We  take  the  pattern  of  our  pi  aife 
from  Hezekiah-s  tongue. 

2.  The  gates  of  the  devouring  grave 
are  open'd   wide  in  vain, 

Jf  he  that  holds  the  keys  of  death 
commands  them  fait  again. 

4.  Pains  of  theflefh  are  wont  t'  abufe 
onr  minds  with  flavifli  fears  ; 

Our  days  are  pa(ly  and  we  /hall   lofe 
the  remnant  of  our  years. 

4.  We  chatter  with  a  fwallow's  voice, 
or  like  a  dove  we  mourn, 

With  bitternefs  inftead  of  joys, 
afflicted  and  forlon. 

5.  Jehovah  freaks  the  healing  word, 
and  no  diieafe  withstands  : 

Fevers  and  plagues  obey  the  Lord9 
and  fly  at  his  commands. 

6.  If  half  the  firings  of  life  ihould  break, 
he  can  our  frame  reitore  : 

He  carts  our  fins  behind  ids  back, 
aud  they   are  found  no  more. 

LVL   The  fong    of  Mofes    and  the   Lamb  ;  or, 

Babylon  falling,  Rev.  xv.  3.  xvi.  19.  &xvii.  6» 

j.\~y^E   fing  the  glories  of  thy  love, 
V  V        wc  iound  thy  dreadful  name  ; 

Thecnriflian  Church  unites  the  longs 
or*  rhj'es  and  the  Lamb* 

it  G^dy  how  worcTrous  are  thy   works 
of  ve usance  and  of  grace  t 


3  4  Hymns       mnd  Book  L 

Thou  King  of  faints,    almighty  Lord, 
how  juil  and  true  thy  wav«  ! 

3.  Who  dares  refufe  to  fear  thy  name, 
or  worfhip  at  thy 'throne  ? 

Tiiy  judgments  (peak  thine  holmefs 
thro*  all  the  nations  known. 

4.  Great  Babylon,   that  rules  the  earth, 
drunk  with  the  martyrs  blood, 

Her  crimes  (hall  fpeedily  awake 
the  fury  of  our  Cod. 

5.  The  cup  of  wrath  is  ready  mix'd, 
and  flie  mull  drink  the  dregs  ; 

Strong  is  the  Lord,  her  fov'reign  judge, 
and  mail  fulfil  the  plagues. 

LVII.    Original   fin  ;    or,     the  firft   and  fecond 
Adam,  Rom.  v.  12,  &c.   Pf.  li.  4.   Job  xiv.  4. 

I.TT)  Ackward,  with  humble  fhame  we  look 

X3     on  our  original  : 
How  is  our  nature  dafiYd  and  broke 

in  our  firft  father's  fall  I 

2.  To  all  that's  good  averfe  and  blind, 

but  prone  to  all  that's   ill  : 
What  dreadful  darknefs  veils  our  mind  ! 

how  obltinate  our  will  ! 

[3.  ConceivM  in  fin  (O  wretched  ftate  !) 

before  we  draw  our  breath, 
The  firft  young  pulfe  begins  to  beat 

iniquity  and  death, 

4.  How  ftrong  in  our  degenerate  blood 

the  old  corruption  reigns, 
And  mingling  with  the  crooked  flood, 

wanders  thro*  all  our  reins  !] 

[5,  Wild  and  unwholefome  as  the  root 
will  all  the  branches  be  -r 


!y>oc*  i.         Spirit  u  a      S  o  n  g  ?,  3  c 

rlo^v  can  we  hope  for  living  fruit  » 

from  fuch  a  deadly  tree  ? 

6.  \Vhat  mortal  powV  from  things  unclean 
can  pure  productions  bring  ! 

Who  can  command   a  vital  liream 
from  an  infected  (pring  f  j 

7.  Yet,  mighty  Cod,  thy  wond'rous  love 
can  make  our  nature  clean  j 

While  Chrifl  and  grace  prevail  above 
the  tempter, death  and  iin. 

,  The  (ecoud  Adam  (hall  reft  ore 
the  ruins  of  the  iirtt  : 
HoJanna  to  that  ibv'reign  powY, 
that  new  creates  our  dolt  ! 
■ 
LVIIL  The  devil  vanquished }   or,  Michael'/  war 
with  the  dragon,  Rev.  _\ii.  7. 

TET  mortal  tongues  attempt  to  fing 
^    The  wars  of  heav'n,  when  Michael  flood 
Chief  general  of  th'  eternal  King, 
And  fought  the  battles  of  our  Cod, 

2.  Againft  the  dragon  and  his  hoft 
The  armies  of  the  Lord  prevail  : 

In  vain  they  rage,  in  vain  they  boaft  ; 
Their  courge  finks,    their  weapons  fail. 

3.  Down  to  the  earth  was  fatan  thrown  j 
Down  to  the  earth  his  legions  fell  : 
Then  was  the  trump  of  triumph  blown, 
And  (hook  the  dreadful  deeps  of  hell. 

4.  Now  is  the  hour  of  darknefs  paft, 
Chrift  has  afTum'd  his  reigning  powY  ; 
Behold  the  great  acoufer  caft 
Down  from  the  ikies,  to  rife  no  more. 

£.   *Twas  by  thy  blood,  immortal  Lamb} 
Thix*e  armies  tyod  the  tempter  down  ; 


^6  Hymns     and 

Twas  bv  thy  word  and  powYful  name 
They  gain'd  tlie  battle  and  renown. 

6.    Rejoice,  ye  heav'ns ;    let  ev'ry  ftar 
Shine  with  new  glories  round  the  iky  i 
Saints,  while  ye  Ting  the  heavhily  war, 
Rain?  your  DeJiv'rer's  name  on  high. 

LIX.   Babylon  fallen }  Rev.  xviii.    20,  21. 

1.  TN  Gabriel's  hand  a  mighty  (lone 
JL  Lies,  a  fair  type  of  Babylon  : 

Prophets  rejoice,  and  all  ye  faints, 
God  ft?  a  11  avenge  your  long  complaints* 

2.  He  faid,  and   dreadful  as  he  flood, 
He  funk  the  milLftone  in  the  flood  : 

Thus  terrible  Jh all  Babal  fall. 
Thus,  and  no  more  he  found  at  all, 

LX.   The    virgin  Mary's  fong  ;   or,    the  promifed 
Meiliah  borny  Luke    i.  46,   &c. 

I .   /^lUR  fouls  mall  magnify  the    Lon/, 
Vl/    I11  God  the  Saviour  we  rejoice  : 
While  we  repeat  the  virgin's  fong, 
May  the  fame  fpirit  tune  our  voice. 

[2.    The  higheft  faw  her  low  ellate, 
And  mighty  things  his  hand  hath  done  ; 
His  over-fliadowing  pow'r  and  grace 
Makes  her  the  mother  of  his  Son. 

1  3.  Let  ev'ry  nation  call   her  blefs'd, 
And  endlefs  years  prolong  her  fame  : 
But  Cod  alone  mult  be  ador'd  ; 
Holy  *.nd  rev'rend  is  his  name. J 

4,  To  thofe  that  fear  and  trufl:  the  Lord, 
His  mercy  Hands  for  ever   fure  : 
From  age  to  age  his  promife  lives, 
Aud  the  per  formauce  is  fecure. 


Book  I.         Spiritual  Songs.  37 

5.  He  fpake  to  Abra'm  and  hf«  fted, 

In  thee  Jhall  a  J  the  earth  be  blefs'd  : 
The  memVy  of  that  ancient  word 
Lay  long  in  his  eternal  brealh 

6.  But  now  no  more  (hall  Jfr'el  wait, 
No  more  the  Gentilei  lie  forlorn  .• 
Lo,  the  defire  of  nations  comes  ; 
Behold  the  promis'd  feed  is  born  ! 

LXI.     Chriit  our    High    Prif/I    and   King  ;     and 
Chrift  coming  to  judgmetit,  Rev.    i.  5,  6,  7. 

NOW  to  the  Lord,  that  makes  us  know 
The  wonders  of  his  dying  love, 
Be  humble  honours  paid  below, 
And  ltrains  of  nobler  praiie  above. 

2.  'Twas  he  thatcleans'd  our  foulefr  fins, 
And  wafh'd  us  in  his  ricbeit  blood  ; 

'Tis  he  that  makes  us  prieitsand  kings, 
And  brings  us,  rebels,  near  to  God. 

3.  To  Jefys  our  atoning:  prieft, 
To  JtfitS  our  fuperior  King, 
Be  everlafting  pow'r  confefr, 
And  ev'ry  tongue  his  glory  fing. 

4.  Behold,  on  flying  clouds  he  coxites', 
And  ev'ry  eye  mail  lee  him  move  j 

Tho'  with  our  iins  we    piere'd  him  once  j 
Then  lie  difplays  his  pard'ning  love. 

6.  The  unbelieving  world  mail  wail, 
While  we  rejoice  to  fee  the  day  : 
Come,  Lord ;  nor  let  thy  promife  fall,. 
Nor  let  thy  chariots  long  dela; 


38  H  y  M  n  s      and  Book  I. 

LXII.   Chrifi:  Jefus,    the  La??ib  cf  God,  wor//;:f>. 
fed  by  all  the  creation,    Rtv.  v.  n,  12,  13. 

1.  /^OME  let   us  join  our  chearful  fongs, 
\_j      with  angels  round  the  throne  : 

Ten  thou  fund    thouland  are  their  tongues, 
but  all  their  joys  are  one. 

2.  Worthy  the  Lamb  that  dy'd,  they  cry, 
to  be  exalted  thus  : 

Worthy  the  Lamb,  our  lips  reply, 
for  he  was  ilain  for  us. 

3.  Jefus  is  worthy  to  receive 
honour  and  pow'r  divine  ; 

And  blefiings  more  than  we  can  give, 
be,  Lord,  for  ever  thine. 

4.  Let  all  that  live  above  the  iky, 
and  air,  and  earth,  and  Teas, 

Confpire  to  lift  thy  glories  high, 
and  foeak  thine  endlefs  praife. 

5.  The  whole  creation  join  in  one, 
to  blefs  the  facred  name 

Of  him  that  (its  upon  the  throne, 
and  to  adore  the  La??ib. 


LXIII.  Chrift's    humiliation  and  exaltuion,    Rev. 
v.    12. 

WHAT  equal  honours  (hall  we  bring 
To  thee,  O  Lord  our  Cod,  the  Lamb, 
When  all  the  notes  that  angels  lino;, 
Are  far  inferior  to  thy  name  I 

2.  Worthy  is  he  that  once  was  flaiil, 

The  P  ince  of  peace    that  groau'd  and    dy'd, 

Worthy  to  rife,  and  live  and  reign, 

hi  his  almighty  Father's  fide. 


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3.  PowV  and  dominion  are  1  is  due, 
Who  itood  condemn'J  at  Pilate's  bar  : 
Wifdom  belongs  to  Jejtu  too, 

Tho'  be  was  charg'd  with  madnefthere. 

4.  All  riches  are  his  native  right, 
-Yet  he  fuftain'd  amazing  lois  ; 

To  him  afcribe  eternal  might, 
Who  left  his  we  a  ku  els  oh  the  croft. 

5.  Honour  immortal  mult  be  paid, 
Initead  of  fcandal  an  J  of  from  ; 
While  glory  mines  around  his  head, 
And  a  bright  crown  without  a  thorn, 

6.  Bleffings  for  ever  on  the  Lamb% 
Who  bore  the  curfe  for  wretched   men  : 
Let  angels  ibund  his  fa  ere  d  name, 
And  ev'ry  creature  fay,  Amen. 

LXIV.     Adoption,    1    John    iii.  1,     2,    ?,    be. 
Gal.  vi    6. 
1.  TOEHOLD  what  wond'rons  grace 
_D      the  Father  hath  beftow'd 
On  finners  of  a  mortal  race, 
to  call  them  Ions  oiCcd  ! 

2.  'Tis  no  furpriiing  thing, 
that  we  mould  be  unknown  : 

The  Jrwijh  wjrld  knew  not   their  King, 
CotTs  everjafting  Son. 

3.  Nor   loth  it  yet  appear 
how  great  we  nmft  be  made  -r 

But  when  v^e  fee  onr  Saviour  here^ 
we  /hall  be  like  our  head. 

4.  A  hope  fo  much  divine 
may  trials  well  en  fare  j. 


4°  Hymns     and  Book  I. , 

May  purjre  our  fouls  from  fenfe  and  fin, 
as  Chrifl  the  Lord  is  pure. 

5.  If  in^my  father's  love 
I  (hare  a  filial   part, 

Send  down  thy  fpirit  like  a  dove 
to  reft  upon   my  heart. 

6.  We  would  no  longer  lie 
like  ilaves  beneath  the  throne  ; 

My  faith  mail  Abba  Father  cry, 
and  thou  the  kindred  own. 

LXV.  The  kingdoms  if  ths  world  become  the 
kingdoms  of  the  Lord  ;  or,  the  day  of  judg- 
ment, Rev.  xi.  15. 

I-    T      ET  the  feventh  angel  found  on  higll, 
J   ^    Let  (hoists  be  heard   thro*  all  the  Iky  ; 

Kings  of  the  earth,   with  glad  accord, 

Give  up  your  kingdoms  to  the  Lor.'. 

2.  Almighty  Cod,  thy  pow'r  affume, 
Who  watt,  and  art,  and  art  to  come  1 
Jzfus  the  Lamb,  wuo  once  was  ilain, 
For  ever  live,  for  ever  reign  ! 

3.  The  angry  nations  fret  and  roar, 
That  they  can  flay  the  Jain X 9  no  more  : 
On  wings  of  vengeance  flies  our  Cod, 
To  pay  ?he  long    arrears  of  b]*od. 

4.  Now  maft  the  riling  dead  appear  ; 
Now  the  decifive  lentence  hear  ; 
Now  the  dear  martyrs  of  the  Lord 
Receive  an  infinite- reward. 

LXVI.  Chrifl:  the  King  at  his  tabic,  Sol# 
Song  i.  2,  3,  4,  5>  12,  13,  17. 

Z,  T      ET  him  embrace  my  foul,  and  prove 
\    i   Mine  int'reit  in  Ids  heav'nly  lo\e  ; 


Book  I.  Spiritual    Soncs 

The  voice  that  tells  me,  Thou  art  mine, 
Exceeds  the  blefllngs  of  the  vine. 

2.  On  thee  th*  anointing  fpririt  came,, 
And  ipreads  the  favour  of  thy  name  ;.. 
That  oil  of  gladnef.  and  of  grace 
Draws  virgin  fouls  to  meet  thy  face.. 

Fv  Jefus,  allure  me  by  thy  charms, 
My  foul  ill  all  ily  into  thine  arm*  : 
Our  wand'ring  feet  thy  favour  bring_ 
To  the  fair  chambers  of  the  King, 

[4  Wonder  and  pleafurc  tune  our  voice,. 
To  fpeak  thy  praifes  and  our  joys  : 
Our  inem'ry  keeps  this  love  oi   thine 
Beyond,  the  talte  of  richefi  wine.] 

5.  Tho'  in  onrielves  deform'd  we  are,. 
And  black  as  Kedar9  stents  appear, 
Yet,  when  we  put  thy  beauties  on, 
Haw  as  the  courts  of  Solsmon,. 

[6.   While  at  his-table  fits  the  King^ 

He  loves  to  ice  us  finile  and  ling,: 

Our  graces  are  our  belt  perfume, 

And  breathe  like,  ipikenard-*  round  the  roonr.]] 

7.  As  myrrh  new  bleeding  from  the  tree,, 
Sue  h '  i  s  -  a .  d  y  i  ng  Ghrl  ft  tome  ; 
And  while  he  makes  ray  foul  his  gueft,, 
My  hofom,  JLord}  ihall  be. thy  reft. 

[8.  No  beam  of  cedar,  or  of  fir,-. 
Can  with  thy  courts  on  earth  compare  3 
And  here  we  waifc until  thy  love 
Ilaife  lis  to  nobler  feats  above.] 


4-  H  Y  M  N  s   and  Hook  L. 

LXVIL     £^i;;£    the  pajlures   of  Chiiil  the  She^ 
herd,  Sol.  Song  i.  7. 

1.  n[^HOU  whom  my  foul^ulmires   above 

X      Ail  earthly  joy  and  earthly  love> 
Tell  me,  dear  ihepherd,  let  me  know 
Where  doth  thy  iweeteft  pasture  grow  I 

2.  Where  is  the  (hadow  of  that  rock, 
That  from  the  fun  defends  thy  flock  ? 
Fain  would  I  feed  among  thy  fheep, 
Among  them  reft,  among  them  ileep.. 

3.  Why  mould  thy  bride  appear  like  one 
That  turns  afide  to  paths  unknown  I 
My  conitant  feet  would  never  rove, 
Would  never  feek  another  love, 

[4.  The  foctfteps  of  thy  flock  I  fee  ; 

Thy  fweeteft  paitures  here  they  be  ; 

A  wond'rous  fealt  thy  love  prepares,      [tears. 

Bought    with   thy  wounds,  and.  groans,  and; 

5.  His  deareft  flefh  he  makes  my  food, 
And  bids  me  drink  his  richeft  blood  ; 
Here  to  thefe  hills  my  foul  will  come,. 
'Till  my  beloved  lead  me  home.] 

LXV11I.  The  banquet  of  /eve,  SoL  Song  ii.  1,  ^ 
3>  4,  6,  7, 

Ehold  the  rofe  of  Sharon  heie^ 
The  lily  which  the  vallies  bear  : 
Behold  the  tree  of  life    that  ones 
Refrefliing  fruit,  and  healing  leaves. 

2.   Amongfl  the  thorns  Co    lilies  mine  ;. 
Amongft  wild  gourds,  the  noble  vine  j 
So  in  mine  eyes  my  Saviour  proves,. 
Amidit  a  thoufand  meaner  loves, 


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Book  I.  Spiritual    So.us. 

3.  Beneath  his  cooling  ihacle  I  fat, 
To  (hie  Id  me  from  the  burning-  heat  : 
Of  heav'nly  fruit  he  fp  reads  a  feaft, 
To  feed  my  eyes,  and  pleafe  my  tafle. 

[4.   Kindly  be  brought  me  to  the  plac? 
Where  Hands  the  banquet  of  his  grace  1 
He  faw  me  faint,   and  o'er  my  heed 
The  banner  of  his  love  he  fpread. 

5.  With  living  bread,   and   gen'rous  wine^ 
He  chear^  this  linking  heart  of  mine  ; 
And  op'ning  his  own  heart  to  me, 

He  (hews  his  thoughts  how  kind  they  be.] 

6.  O  never  let  my  Lor d  depart  ; 
Lie  down  and  reil  upon  my  heart  ; 
1  charge  my  lius  not  once  to  move, 
Nor  IHr,  nor  wake,  nor  grieve  my  love. 

LX1X.   Chrifl  appearing  to  his  Church,  and  feehjng 
her  company,  Sol.  Song  ii.  8 — 13. 

l.rTT^HE  voice  of  my  Beloved  founds 

X      Over  the  rocks  and  rifing  grounds  ; 
O'er  liills  of  guilt,  and  feas  of  grief, 
He  leaps,  he  flies  to  my  relief. 

2.  Now  thro'  the  veil  of  fleili  I  fee 
With  eyes  of  love  he  looks  at  me  ; 
Now  in  the  gofpel's  cleared  glafs 
He  mows  the  beauties  of  his  face. 

y.   Gently  he  draws  my  heart  along,. 
Both  with  his  beauties  and  his  tongue  a 
Rife,   faith  my  Lord,  make  hafle  awajt 
iVo  mortal  joys  arc  worth  thy  J'ay. 

4.  The  Jewifh  wint'ry  fate  is  gone  ; 
The  mills  are  fied ,  the  fpr-^g  cotms  on  y, 
The  f acred  turtle-dove,  'we  hear, 
Proclaims  the  newx  the 


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44  Hymns     and  Book  L 

$.   Thr  Hftmortat  vine  of  heav'nly  root 
Blolfoms  and  buds,  and  gives  her    fruit,. 
Lo,    .  e  are  come  to  taite  the  wine  ; 
Our  fouls  rejoice  and  bleis  the  vine. 

6.   And  -.'lien  we  hear  our  Jefus  fay, 
Rife  up  my  love,  make  ha  fie  away  ! 
Our  hearts  would  fain  out-riy  the  wind, 
And  leave  all  earthly  loves  behind. 

LXX.  Chrijl  inviting,  and  the    Church    an  fevering 
the  invitation,   Sol.  Song  ii    14,  16,  17. 

[i.TTARK  !  the  Redeemer  from  on  high 
±\   Sweetly  invites  his  fav'rites    nigh 
From  coves  of  dark nefs  and  of  doubt, 
He  gently  lpeaks  and  calls  us  out. 

2.  My  Dove,  who  hided  in  the  rock. 
Thine  heart  ahnofl  with    for  row  broke ^ 
Lift  up  thy  face.,  forget  thy  fear. 
And  let  thy  voice  delight  mine  ear* 

3.  Thy  voice  to  vie  founds  ever  fweet  ; 
My  graces  in  thy  countenance  ?»eet  ; 
Tho*  the  vain  world  thy  face  defp:fefi 
*Tis  bright  and  comely  in  mine  eyes.. 

4.  Dear  Lord,  our  thankful  heart  receiv 
The  hope  thine   invhatio  1  gives  : 

To  thee  our  joyful  lips  (hall  1  aife 
Tiie  voice  of   prayer,  and  of  praife.J 

[5.  1   am  my  Love's,  and  he  is  mine  ; 
Our  hearts,  our  hopes,,  our  paflion  join  ; 
Nor  let  a  motion,  nor  a  word, 
Nor  thought  a rife,  to  grieve  my  Lord* 

6.   My  foul  to  part-ares  fair  he  leads> 
Amongll    the  lilies  where-  be  feeds  ; 
Amongrr  the  faints  (whole  robes  are  white- 
'Yfr&t'd  in  his  blood)  is  his  delight*, 


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7.  'Till  the  day  break,  and  (hadows  flee, 
'Till  the  fweet  dawning  light  I  lee, 
Thine  eyes  to  me -ward  often  turn, 
Nor  let  my  foul  in  darknefs  mourn. 

8.  Be  like  a  hart  011  mountains  preen, 
Leap  o'er  the  hills  of  fear  and  fin  ; 
Nor  guilt,  nor  unbelief,  divide 

My  Love,  my  Saviour,  from  my  fide.} 

LXXI.  drift  found  in  the  ftrect,    and  brought  i9 
the  Church,  Sol.  Song  iii.   I  —  5. 

i./^FTEN   I  feek  my  Lord  by  night, 

\_S    JtfiiSy  my  Love,  my  foul's  delight  ; 
With  warm  defire  and  reftlefs  thought 
I  feek  him  oft,  but  find  him  not. 

2.  Then  1   ariie,  and  fearch  the  ftreet, 
'Till  I  my  Lord,  my  Saviour  meet  ; 

]  afk  the  watchmen  of  the  night, 
Where  did  jam  fee  my  foul's  delight  P 

3.  Sometimes  I  find  him  in  my  way, 
Directed  by  a  heav'nly  ray  ; 

I  leap  for  joy  to  fee  his  face, 

And  hold  him  fall  in  mine  embrace. 

[4.  I  bring  him  to  my  mother's  honrtr; 
Nor  does  my  Lord  vetxife  to  come 
To  Sion's  facred  chambers,  where 
My  foul  fii  it  drew  the  vital  air. 

v    He  gives  me   there  his  bleeding  heart* 
i'ierc'd  for  my  fake  with  deadly  {man  fc 
I    give  my  foul  to  him,  and  there, 
Our  loves  their  mutual  tokens  (hare.l 

6.   I  charge  you  all,  ye  earthly  toys. 
Approach  not  to  diiiurb  my  joys  ; 


46  H   Y    m    n    s      and  Book  I. 

Nor  fin,  nor  hell,  come  near  my  heart, 
Nor  can fe  my  Saviour  to  depart. 

LXXII.   The  coronation  of  ChriU,    and  Efpoufals 
of  the  Church,   Sol.  Song  iii.  2. 

I.IT^V  Aughters  of  Sion,  come  behold 

X_/    The  crown  of  honour  and    of  gold, 
Which  the  glrfd  Church,  with  joys  unknown, 
Plac'd  on  tire  head  of  Salomon. 

2.  Jfm*  tho*  everlafting  King, 
Accept  the  tribute  which  we  bring  ; 
Accept  the  well -defer  v'd  renown, 
And  wear  our  praifes  as  thy  crown. 

3.  Let  every  acl  of  worfbip  be, 
Like  ou*  efpoufals,  Lord  to  thee  ; 
Like  the  dear  hour,  when  from  above, 
We  firft  receiv'd  thy  pledge  of  love. 

4.  The  gladnefs  of  that  happy  day  ! 
Our  hearts  would  v  i(h  it  long  to  (lay  j 
Nor  let  our  faith  forfake  its  hold, 
Nor  comfort  fink,  nor  love  grow  cold. 

C    Each  following  minute  as  it  flies. 
Increafe  thy  praife,  improve  our  joys, 
'Till  we  are  rais'd  to  fing  t!iy  name 
At  the  great  f  upper  of  the  Lami. 

6.   O  that  the  months  would  roll  away, 
And  bring  that  coronar»on-day  ! 
The  King  of  grace  ihall  fill  the  throne, 
With  all  his  father's  g\  .  les  on. 

LXX1II.  The  Church'i  beauty  in  the  eyes  o/Chrilt 
Sol.  Song  iv,  1,  10,   ii,   7,  9,    8. 

1.  T/  IND  in  the  fpeech  of  Chrift  our  Lord: 
jS^  Affection  founds  in  ev'ry  word  ; 


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£,03   thou  art  fair  %   mj  love,   he  cries, 
the  young  doves  have  /wetter 

[2.  Sweet  arc  thy  /if:,  thy  pleafiug  1 
Salutes  mine  ear  with  feet 
Ao  I  pice  Jo  much  delights  the  fixe ll% 
Normiik  nor  honey  tafiefo  we/L^ 

J.   Thou  art  all  fair,  mi  bride  to 

.!  behold  710  J  pot  in  the:. 
What  mighty  wonders  love  performs, 
And  puts  a  comelinets  en  worms  ! 

4.  DefllM  and  loathfome  as  we  are, 
He  makes  us  white,  and  calls  us  fair  ; 
Adorns  cs  with  that  heav'nly  dreft, 
His  graces  and  Iris  right'ouihefs. 

5.  My  fifter  and  my  rpoufey   he  cries, 
Bound  to  my  heart  by  various  ties. 
Thy  pOTv'rf:*/  love  my  heati  retains 

In  jirong  delight  and  p leafing  chains, 

6.  He  calls  me  from  the  leopard's  den, 
From  this  wild  world  of  bealts  and  men, 
To  Zion  where  his  glories  are  ; 

Hot  Lebanon  is  halflo  fair.  % 

7.  Nor  dens  of  prey,  nor  flow'ry  plains, 
Nor  earthly  joys,  nor  earthly  pains, 
Shall  hold  my  feet,  or  force  my  ltay, 
When  Chrifl  invites  my  foul  away. 

LXXIV.   The  Church  the  garden    of  Chritt,  Soi* 
Song  iv.  12,  14,  15,  and  v.  1. 

1.  TT7E  are  a  garden  wall'd  around, 

V  V      Chofen  and  made  peculiar  ground  ; 
A  little  fpot,  inclos'd  by  grace, 
Out  of  the  world  «  wide  wildernefs. 

2.  Like  trees  of  mirrh  and  fpice  we  ftand, 
Planted  by  Cod  the  Father's  liaud  #- 


48  H  y  m  n  s       and  Book  I- 

And  all  his  fprings  in  Sion  ilovr, 

To  make  the  young  plantation  grow. 

q.   Awake.    O  heav'nly  wind  and  comey 
Blow  on  this  garden  of  perfume  ; 
Spirit  divine,  drfcend  and  breathe: 
A  gracious  orde  on  plants  beneath. 

5.  Make*  our  bed  fpices  flow  abroad, 
To  entertain  our  Saviour  Cod  ; 

AiK*l  faith,  and  love,  and  joy  appear, 
And  ev'ry  gr  ice  be  active  here. 

[f.    Let  my  beloved  come  and  tafte 
His  pleafant  fruits  at  his  own  feafh 
I  come,  mv  fpou/c.    I  come ,   he  cries, 
With  love  and  plea  lure  in  his  eyes. 

6.  Our  Lord  into  hi*  garden  comes, 
Well  pleas'd  to  fmell  our  poor  perfumes, 
And  calls  us  to  a  feaft  divine, 
Sweeter  than  honey,   milk,  or  wine, 

7.  Eat  of  the  tree  of  life,  my  friends , 
The  blcjfings  that  my  father  fends  ; 
Your  tafle  fhall  all  my  dainties  prove , 
And  drink  abundance  of  ?ny  love  F 

8.  Jtftts,  we  will  frequent  thy  board, 
And  fing  the  bounties  of  our  Lord  : 
But  the  rich  food  on  which  we  live 
Demands  more  praile  than  tongues  can  gi^e.1 

LXXV.      7 he  defcription  cfChv\i\    the  Beloved 
Sol.  Song.    v.  9,  10,   11,   12,   14,   15,   16. 

1.  *"T^HE  wond'ring  world  enquires  to  know 

X      Why  I  mould  love  my  Jefus  fo  : 
What  are  his  char7nsf  fay  they  above 
The  objecls  of  a  mortal  love  P 

2.  Yes  my  beloved,  to  my  fight, 
Shews  a  fweet  mixture,  red  and  white  ; 


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All  human  beauties,  all  diviue, 
In  my  beloved  meet  and  fhine. 

3,    White  is  his  foul,  from  blemifh  free, 
Red  with  the  blood  lie  (lied  for  met 
The  fairelt  of  ten  thoufands  fairs  ; 
1   A  fun  amongfl  ten  thoufand  itars  ; 

[4.   His  head  the  fined  gold  excels,- 
There  wifdom  in  perfection  dwells  ; 
And  glory,  like  a  crown,  adorns 
Thofe  temples  once  befet  with  thorns. 

5.  Companions  in  his  heart  are  found, 
Hard  hy  the  fignals  or  his  wound  : 
His  ficred  fide  no  more  (hail  bear 
The  cruel  fcourge,   the  piercing  fpear.] 

[6.   His  hands  are  fairer  to  behold 
Than  diamonds  fet  in  rings  of  gold  ; 
Thofe  heav'nly  hands  that  on  the  tree 
Were  nail'd,  and  torn,  and  bled  for  me. 

7.  Tho*  once  he  bow'd  his  feeble  knees, 
Loaded  with  iius  and  agonies, 
Now  on  the  throne  of  his  command 
His  legs  like  marble  pillars  (land.] 

[3.   His  eyes  are  majetty  and  love, 
The  eajjle  temper'd  with  the  dove  $ 
No  more  mall  trickling  forrows  ro*l. 
Thro'  thofe  dear  windows  of  his  ibul.j 

9.  Kis  mouth  that  pour'd  out  long-  complaints, 
Now  fmiles,  and  chears  his  fainting  faints; 
His  countenance  more  graceful  is 

Than  Lebanon  with  all  its  trees. 

10.  All  over  glorious  is  mv  Lord, 
Muft  be  belov'd,  and  yet  ador'd  : 
His  worth  if  all  the  nations  knewj 

Sure  the  whole  earth  would  love  him  too, 

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LXXVI.     Chrill  dwells  in  heaven,    but  v'rfits   on 
earth,  Sol,  Song  vi.  t,2;  3,  J2. 

1.  YT7Hen  ftranger*  fraud  and  hear  me   tell 

\  V      What  beauties  in  my  Saviour  dwell  ; 
Where  he  is  jvone  they  fain  would  know, 
That  they  may  feck  and  love  him  too. 

2.  My  belt  beloved  keeps  his  throne 
On  hills  of  light,  in  worlds  unknown  ; 
But  he  delbends,  and  (hews  his  face 
In  the  young  gardens  of  his  grace. 

£3.  In  vineyards  planted  by  his  hand, 
Where  fruitful  trees  in  order  Hand  ; 
He  feeds  among  the  fpicy  beds, 
Where  lilies  (how  their  fpotlefs  heads. 

4.  He  has  engrofs'd  my  warmeft  love, 
No  earthly  charms  my  foul  can  move  : 
1  have  a  manfion  in  his  heart, 
Nor  death  nor  hell,  mall  make  us  part.] 

£y.  He  takes  my  foul  ere  I'm  aware, 
And  (hows  me  where  his  glories  are ; 
No  chariot  of  Amminadib 
The  heav'nly  rapture  can  defcribe. 

6.  O  may  my  fpirit  daily  rife 
On  wings  of  faith  above  the  fkies, 
'Till  death  (hall  make  my  laft  remove, 
To  dwell  forever  with  my  love.] 

LXXVII.  The  love  of  Chrilt  to  the  Church  in  his 
language  to  her,  and  provifioni  for  her,  Sol. 
Song   vii.  5,  6,  9,  1%,  13. 

I.  XTOW  in  the  gall'ries  of  his  grace 

jL\|    Appears  the  King,  and    thus  he  fay* : 

Horn  fair  my  faints  are  w  my  fight. 
My  hvt,  how  pleafantfer  delight  /» 


n 


Bock  I.      Spiritual     Songs. 

2.  Kind  is  thy  language,  iov' reign  Lord, 
There's  heav'nlv  grace  ii^ev-'j y  word  : 
From  that  dear  mouth  a  It  ream  divine 
Flows  fvveeter  than  the  chbiceii  wine, 

3.  Such  wond'rous  love  awakes  the  lip 
Qfii  it  were  almoin  aflee]>, 

To  (peak  1.  -  .■•/thy  name, 

ks  cur  c.:v.  us  flame. 

4.  Theft  are  the  joys  he  lets  usikliow 
In  fields  a*id  villages  below  ; 

Gives  us  a  relifli  of  his  love, 

But  keeps  his  nobleit  feaii:  above. 

5.  In  paradife,   within  the  gates, 
An  higher  entertainment  waits  ; 
Fruits  new  and  old,  laid  up  in  {lore. 
Where  we  mail  feed,  but  thlrft  no  more.. 


LXXVIII.      The  flrength  o/ChiihVs  /eve,  a?:d  the 
foul's  jealoufy  of  her  own,  Sol.  Song  viii,  5,    6, 

£1.  \\  7  HO  is  this  fair  one  in  diftrefs, 

VV     That  travels  from  the  wildernefs 
And,  prefs'd  with  forrovvs  and  with  fins, 
On  her  beloved  Lord  fiie  leans. 

2.  This  is  the  fpoufe  of  Chrifl  our  God, 

Bought  with  the  treafures  of  his  blood  : 

And  her  requelt,  and  her  complaint, 

Is  but  the  voice  of  ev'ry  faint.] 
• 

3.  M  O  let  my  name  engraven  (land, 

u  Both  on  thy  heart  and  on  thy  hand  s 
u  Seal  me  upon  thine  arm,  and  wear 
u  That  pledge  of  love  for  ever  there. 

4.  u  Stronger  than  death  thy  love    is  known* 
H  Which  floods  of  wrath  could  never  drown; 

F  1 


52  Hymns       and  Boo  k    i 

94  And  hell  and  earth  in  vain  combine 
41  To  quench  a  fire  io  much  divine. 

5.  u  But  I  am  jealous  of  my  heart, 

*'  Left  it  mould  once  from  thee  depart  \ 
tc  Then  let  thy  name  he  well  imprefs'd, 
i€  As  a  fair  fignet  on  my  bread. 

6.  M  'Till  thou  haft  brought  me   to  thy  home, 
i€  Where  fears  and  doubts  can  never  come, 

iC  Thy  count'nance  let  me  often  fee, 
u  And  often  thou  malt  hear  from  me. 

7.  "  Come,  my  beloved,  hade  away, 
gi   Cut  ihort  the  hours  of  thy  delay; 
u  F\y  like  a  youthful  hart  or  roe 

«'  Over  the  hills  where  (pices  grow." 

LXXiX.      Am'jrHinghjiKn,  Pfalmxix.  5,  8.  and 
lxxiii.   24,   25. 

I.  dT^  OD  of  the  morning,  at  whole  voice 

VJT   The  chearful  fan  makes  halte  to  rife, 
And,  like  a  giant,   doth  rejoice 
To  run  his  journey  thro'  the  ikies; 

2*  From  the  fair  chambers  of  the  Eajiw 

The  circuit  of  his  race  begins, 

And,  without  wearinefs  or  reft, 

llound  the  wlole  earth  he  flies  and  mines* 

3.  Oh,  like  the  fun  may  I  fulfil 
Th*  appointed  duties  of  the  day* 
With  ready  miud,  and  active  wiil, 
March  on  and  keep  nryheav'nly  way. 

£4.  But  I  (hall  rove  and  lofe  the  race, 
Ik'  God,  my  Sun,  mould  difappear,. 
And  leave  me  in  this  world's  wild  maze, 
To  follow  ev  iv  waiufring  ltar. 

5.  Lord,  thy  commands  are  clean  and  pure>; 
fcljoht'iiii'g  our  beclouded  eyes; 


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Book  T.         Sfiritual  Song?.  53 

*thy  threat'nings  juft,  thy  promife  Cure  ; 
Thy  gofpel  makes  the  (imple  wife. 

6.  Give  me  thy  counfel  for  my  guide, 
And  then  receive  me  to  thy  blift  ^ 
All  my  defires  and  hopes  belide 
Are  faint  and  cold,  compared  with  this. 

LXXX,      An  evening  Hymn,  Pfalm  iv.  8.  iii.  $*. 
6.  and  cxliii.  S- 

1.  ^T^HUS  far  the  Lord  has  led  me  on, 

X      Tims  far  his  pow'r  prolongs  my  days,3 
And  ev'ry  ev'ning  fliall  make  known. 
Some  frefli  memorial  of  liis  grace., 

2.  Much  of  my  time  has  run  to  wafte,. 
And  I  perhaps  amnear  my  home  ; 
But  he  forgives  my  follies  pall ; 

He  gives  me  strength  for  days  to  come* 

3.  1  lay  my  body  down  to  ileep, 
Peace  is  the  pillow  for  my  head  ; 
While  well  appointed  angels  keep 
Their  watchful  tlations  round  my  bed». 

4.  In  vain  the  fons  of  earth  or  hell 
Tell  me  a.thoufand  frightful  things?, 
My  Cod  in  fafety  makes  me  dwell 
Beneath  the  fhadow  of  his  wings,. 

[5.   Faith  in  his-name  forbids  my  fear  1: 
O  may  thy  prefence  ne'er  depart  ! 
And  in  the  morning  make  me  hear  ,   . 

The  love  and  kind  nefs  of  thy  heart. 

6.  Thus  when  the  night  of  deathi  Oiall  col 
My  fiefh  (hall  red  beneath  the  grou 
And  wait  thy  voice  to  roufe  my  ro:: 
With  fivset  falvation  iat  the  lounci.^ 
fi  3> 


54  H  y  m  N  s     and'  Book  J 

LXXXL.    .    A fong  for  the    morning  or   evening*. 
Lam.  iii.  23.     Iia.  xlv.    7. 

1.  A  >ff  Y  6W,  how  endlefs  is  thy  love  ! 

IVjL  Thy  gifts  are  ev'ry  evVmg  new  ; 
And  morning  mercies  from  above 
Gently  diliil  like  early  dew., 

3.   Thou  fpread*ll  the  curtains  of  the  nighty 
Great  guardian  of  my  ileeping  hours; 
Thy  fov'reign  word  reftores  the  light,, 
And  quickens  all  ray  diowiy  pow'rs. 

3.  I  yield  my  pow'rs  to  thy  command  5 
To  thee  I  confecrate  my  days  ; 
Perpetual  blefiings  from. thine  hand 
Demand  perpetual  fongs  of  praife. 

iXXXIl.  God  far  above  creatures;    or,  man  vmm 
and  mortal,  Job  iv.  17^—  21. 

1.  O Hall  the  vile  race  of  flefh  and  blood 
>J  Contend  with  their  Creatoiy  God- 

Shall  mortal  worms  prefume  to  be 
More  holy,Avife,  or  juli  than  he  ? 

2.  Behold  he  put*  his  truit  in  none 
Of  all  the  fpirits  round  his  throne  ; 
Their  natures,  when  compar'd  with  hi* 
Are  neither*  holy,  jult,  nor  wife. 

3.  But  how  much  meaner  things  are  theyv 
Who  (p ring  from  dull  and  dwell  in  clay1 
Touch'd  by  the  finger  of  thy  wrath; 

We  faint  and. vanifli  like  the  moth. 

4.  From  night  to -day,  from  day  to  nighty 
We  die-by  thoufands  in  thy  fight ; 
JBury'd  in,  dull  whole  nations  liet 

Like  a  forgotten-vanity.. 

5.  Almighty  pow'r,  .to  thee  we  bow  ; 
How  frail  are  we  !  how  glorious  thou. 1 


Bbol;  T.  SpiritualSonc  ».  j£ 

No  more  the  finis  of  earth  (hall  dare 
With  an  eternal  Cod  compare. 

LXXXill.      StffiittiQns   and    death  under    pr&vi^ 
deuce,  Job  v.  6,   7,   8. 

I.  "V  TOT  from  the  dull:  affliction  grows,, 
X    >l       llor  troubles  rife  by  cuauce  ; 

Yet  we  are  born  to  cares  and  woes  ; 
a  fad  inheritance  I 

Z.  As  fparks  break  out  from  burning  coals*, 

and  (till  are  upwards  borne  ; 
So  grief  is  rooted  in  our  fouls, 

and  man  grows  up  to  mourn  : 

3.  Yet  with  my  God  I  leave  my  caufe*. 
and  trull  his  promis'd  grace  ; 

He  rules  me  by  his  well-known  laws 
of  love  and  right'oufnefs. 

4.  Not  all:  the  pains  that  e'er  I  bore 
lhall  fpoil  my  future  peace  ; 

For  death  and  hell  can  do  no    more 
than  what  my   Father  pleafe, 

LXXXIV.  Salvation,   right  eoufnefs,   and  fire ngth 
in  Chriir.,  lfa.  xlv.    21 — 2.5. 

X.    Tehovah  fpeaks,  let  Jfr't I  hear, 

J   Let  all  the  earth  rejoice  and  fear, 
While  Cod's  eternal  Son  proclaims 
His  fov'reign  honours  and  his  names. 

2»  "   Lam  the  Lalt,  and  I  the  Fir.fi: , 
u   The  Soviour  Cod,  and  God  the  Jull  ;. 
il  There's  none  beiide  pretenc     o  ihew 
u  Such  juftice  and  ialvatioii  u  >. 

[3.  "  Ye  that  in  {hades  of  da  Is  dweJ^ 

£  Juit  on  the  verge  of  deat  _!!,, 


J 


56  Hymns     *nd  Book  t! 

c*  Look  up  to  me  from  diflant  lands, 

c*  Light,  life,  and  heav'n  are  in  my  hands* 

4.  "  I  by  my  holy  name  have  fworn, 
"  Nor  mall  the  word  in  rain  return  ; 
"  To  me  (hall  all  likings  bend  the    knee,. 
u  And  e?'ry  tongue  (hall  fwear  to  me.] 

5»  "  In  me  alone  mall  men  con fe is 

"  Lies  all  their  itrength  and  right'oufnefs  j, 

u  But  fuch  as  dare  defpiie  my  name, 

i(  I'll  cloath  'em  with  eternal  fhame. 

6.  "  In  me,  the  Lord,  fhall  all    the  feed 
"   Of  Ifr'el  from  their  fins  be  freed  ; 
"  And  by  their  mining  graces  prove 
u  Their  int'reft  in  my  pard'ning  love.'' 

LXXXV.     The  fame. 

1.  rT~^ HE  Lord  oh  high  proclaims 

hk  godhead  from  his  throne  ;, 

Mercy  and  Juflzce  are  the  na?ne 
by  which  I  will  be  known. 

2 .  Te  dy mg  fouls ,  th at  [it 
in  darknefs  and  dif}tefsy 

Look  from  the  borders  of  the  pit 
to  my  recovering  grace. 

3.  Siuners  (hall  hear  the  found  : 
their  thankful  tongues  (hall  own,, 

Our  right*  on  fiefs  and Jirength is  found- 
in  thee ,  the  Lord  alone. 

4.  In  thee  mall  ///Wtruft, 
and  fee  their  guilt  forgiv'n  ; 

Qod  will  pronounce  the  linners  juft, 
and  take  the  faints  to  heav.'n. 


Book  I.         SmritualSoncs.  57 

LXXXVL  God   boljy  j*  icreign,    Job. 

i\.    2 10. 

:.  T  TOW  lhould  the  Ions  of  Adam\x±e* 

Ji      be  pure  be  lore  their  Cod  t 
If  he  conteiul  in  right'ottihrfi 

we  full  beneath  his  rod. 

2.  To  vindicate  my  wofds  and  thoughts 
I'll  make  no  more  pretence  : 

Not  one  of  all  my  thou  fan  d  iaults 
can  bear  a  juit  defence. 

3.  Strono  is  his  arm,  his  heart  is  wife  i 
what  vain  prefumers  dare 

A  gain  It  their    Maker's   hand    to  rife, 
or  ?tcrnpt  th'  unequal  war? 

[4.   Mountains  by  his  almighty    wrath 

from  their  old  feats  are  torn  ; 
Ke  makes  the    earth  from    Scutb  to  Ttofi 

and  all  her  pillars  mourn  : 

5.  He  bids  the  fun  forbear  to  rife  j 
th'  obedient  fun  forbears  : 

His  hand  with  fackcloth  £p  reads  the   ikies, 
and  feals  up  all   the  ftar?% 

6.  He  walks  upon  the  ilormy  fea  ; 
flies  on  the  ilormy  wind  > 

There's  none  can  trace  his  wond'rous  way. 
or  his  dark  footlteps  find,  j 

LXXXViJ.     God     dwells  vith    the    humbli    *>;d 
penitent,  Ma.  lvii.  15,  16. 

r.    r"T^HUS  faith  the  high  and  lofty  One, 

JL  "  I  fit  upon  mv  holy  throne  t 
"  My  name  is  GdJ,  I  dwei]  on  high.  ^ 
V  y.vell  in  mv  own  erernirv   . 


J 


5$  Hymns      and  Book  1. 

2.  "    But' I  defcend  to  worlds  below  : 
u   On  earth  I  have  a  manfiou  loo  : 

i€  The  humble  fpirit  and  confute 
u  Is  an  abode  of  my  delight. 

3.  u  The  humble  foul  my  words  revive  ; 
u  I  bid  the  mourning  fiiiner  live  5 

"   Heal  all  the  broken  hearts  I  Mud, 
il  And  eafe  the  farrows  of  the  mind. 

£4.  "   When  I  contend  againft  their  fin, 

u  I  make  them. know  how  vile  they've  been  , 

u  But  mould  my  wrath  for  ever  fmoke, 

*  Their  fouls  would  fink  beneath  my  ftroke." 

5.   O  may  thy  pard'ning  grace  be  nigh, 
Left  we  mould  faint,   defpair,  and  die  ! 
Thus  (hall  our  better  thoughts  approve 
The  methods  of  thy  chaining  love.] 

LXXXVIII.      Life    the   day   of  grace   and  hope, 
Ecclef.  ix.  4,  5,  6,  10. 

1.  "I       IFE  is  the  time  to  ferve  the  Lot  d, 

J j    The  time  t'  infure  the  great  reward  ^ 

And  while  the  lamp  holds  out  to  burn, 
The  vilelt  finner  luay  return. 

[2.   Life  is  the  hour  that  Cod  has  giv'n 
To  'fcape  from  hell,  and  fly  to  heav'n  ; 
The  day  of  grace,  and  mortals  may- 
Secure  the  bleihngs  of  the  day.l 

2.  The  living  know  that  they  rauft  die, 
But  all  the  dead  forgotten  lie  ; 

Their  mem'ry  and  their  fenfe  is  gone 
Alike  unknowing  and  unknown. 

[4.  Their  hatred  and  their  love  is  lofi% 
Their  envy  buried  in  the  dull  ; 
They  have  no  mare  in  aU  that's  done 
Beneath  the  circuit  of  the  fun/] 


Book  I.  S  p  i  p.  i  t  u  a  t  Songs.  59 

5.  Then  whrt  mv  thoughts  defi^n  to  do, 
My  hands  with  all  your  might  purfue  ; 
Since  no  device,  nor  work  is  found, 

Nor  faith,   nor  hope,  beneath  the  ground. 

6.  There  are  no  ads  of  pardon  part 

Iu  the  cold  grave,  to  which  we  hafle  ; 
But  darkneis,  death,   and  long  delpair, 

Reijiu  in  eternal  filence  there. 

to  ♦ 

LXXX1X.     Youth    and   judgment,    Eccl.  xi.  o# 

YE  ions  of  Adam,  vain  and  }oung, 
Indulge  your  eyes,  indulge    your  tongue, 
Tafte  the  delights  your  fouls  defire, 
And  give  a  loofe  to  all  your  fire. 

2:   Purfue  the  pleafures  you  defign, 
And  che^r  your  hearts  with  fongs  and  wine 
Enjoy  the  day  of  mirth,  but  know 
There  is  a  day  of  judgment  too. 

3.  God  irom  on  high   beholds  your    thoughts  ; 
His  book  records  your  fecret  faults  ; 

The  works  of  darknefs,  you  have  done, 
IWull  all  appear  before  the  fun. 

4.  The  vengeance  to  your  follies  due 
Should  ftrike  your  heart  with  terror  thro* 
How  will  ye  (land  before  his  face, 

Or  anfwer  for  his  in  jur'd  grace  ? 

5.  Almighty  God,  turn  off  their  eyes 
From  thele  alluring  vanities  ; 

And  let  the^thunder  of  thy  word 
Awake  their  fouls  to  fear  the  Lord. 

XC.     The  fame. 
I.  T     O  the  young  tribes  of  Adam  rife, 

J j      and  thro*  all  nature  rove  t 

Fullfil  the  wifties  of  their  eyes, 

and  tafte  the  joys  they  love. 


6o  Hy  m  h  S   and  Book  I. 

2.    They  give  a  loolc  to  wild  defiles  ; 

but  let  tliclinnt-rs  know 
The  llricfc  account  that  Cod  requires 

of*  ail  i tie  works  they  cio. 

X.   The  J-i Jjre  prepares  his  throne  0:1  high  ; 

the  frighted  earth    tnd  leas 
Avoid  the  fmy  of  his  eye. 

and  fly  beiu.-e  his  face. 

4.   How  (hil.  I  b  a;   thy  dreadful    d.iy, 

and  It  and  me  Hviy 
I  give  all  m>  tal  y    .  s  a%f  \y 

to  be  for  ever  bleil. 


XCl       Advice  to  youth  ;   or,  .?M  /# 

**  unconverted  ft ate ,£cclef.  xii.  74   ((a.  Lw,2o, 
I.   'jik   "J  O  V  in  the  heat  of  youthful  blood 

[  ^j  Remember  your  Creator  Cod  : 
Behold,  t^e  months  come  had'ning  on 
When  you  (hail  lay,  My  joys  are  gone. 

2     Behold,  the  aged  flnner  goes 
Loaden  with  guilt  and  heavy  woes> 
Djwn  to  the  regions   of  the  dead, 
With  endlefs  curies  on  his  head. 

^.  The  duft  returns  to  dull  ag3in  ; 
The  ibul,  in  agonies  of  pain, 
Afcends  to  God  ;  not  there  to  dwell 
But  hears  her  doom  and  finks  to  hell. 

4.  Eternal  King,  I  fear  thy  11  nine, 
Teach  me  to  know  how  frail  I  am  ; 
And  when  my  foul  mufl.  hence  remove, 
Give  me  a  maniion  in  thy  love. 

XCII.     Chrift   the    Wi[dom  of  God,  Prov.  viin 
I,  12— 3a. 
I.  QHALL  wildom  cry  aloud, 

k^     and  not  her  fpeech  be  heard  ' 


Book  I.         -Spifitual     Sokg^s.         6.r 

The  voice  of  Cod'?  eternal  word, 
deferves  it  no  regard  ? 

3.  "  I  was  his  chief  delight, 
his  cverlalling  fon, 

«  Before  the  firft  of  all  his  works, 
"  creation  was  begun. 

£3.  u  'Before  the  flying  clouds, 
«<  before  the  folid  land, 
«  Before  the  fields,  before  the  floods, 
"  I  dwelt  at  his  right  hand. 

4.  "  When  he  ador'd  the  ikies, 
"  and  built  them,  I  was  there, 

*«  To  order  when  the  fun  thouid  rife, 
i(  and  marfhii  ev'ry  ftar, 

5.  "  When  he  pour'd  ou'thefea^ 
"  and  fpread  the  flpwit  g  deep, 

a  I  gave  the  flood  a  firm  dt    ree 
u  in  its  ovvn  bounds  to  keep  J 

6.  u  Upon  the  empty  air 

«  the  eai  .1    was  baiiarc'd  well  ; 

*c  With  joy  I  few  the  m agfipn  where 

1  «  the  ten;  of  men  (ho Lid  dwell. 

7.  "  My  bftfjr  thoughts  at  firil 
"  on  theii  falvatiou  ran, 

«  Ere  (in  wa^  bom,  or  Jtdaats  cufb 
"  was  fafhion'd  to  a  man, 

8.  "  Then  come,  receive  my  grace, 
"  ye  children,  and  be  wife  ; 

"  Happy  the  man  that  keeps  my  ways, 
«  the  m  n  thatihuns  them  dies." 

XCM.       Chriftj   or   wifdom,  o^yed  or  refifltd, 

Prov.  viii.  34^ *©. 

I.  >T^HUS  faith  the  wifdom  of  the  Lord, 
X    "  Bleit  is  the  man  that  hears  my  word » 


6z  Hymns     find  Book  I. 

4C  Keeps  daily  watc]   before  my  gates, 
€l  And  at  my  feet  for  mercy  writs. 

2.  u  The  foul  that  feeks  me  fhall  obtain 
*c  Immortal  wealth  and  he  iv'nly  gain  ; 
€C  Immortal  life  is  his  reward, 

€i  Life,  and  the  favour  of  the  Lord. 

3.  "  But  the  vile  wretch  *hat  flies  from  me, 
t€  Doth  his  own  (bv»l  m  inju  y  ; 

4<  Fools  that  againft  my  grace  rebel, 

€€  Seek  death  and  love  the  road  to  hell." 

X^JV.  purification  by  faith 9  not  by  works  ;  or, 
the  law  condemns,  grace  juflrfies,  Rom.  iii. 
10 22. 

1.  T  TAIN  are  the  hopes  the  fous  of  men 

V         °n  their  own  works  have  built ; 
Thtir  hearts  by  nature  all  unclean, 
and  all  their  actions  guilt. 

2.  Let  Jew  and  Gentile  ftop  their  mo  uths 
without  a  murm'ring  word  ; 

And  the  whole  race  of  Adam  Hand, 
guilty  before  the  Lord. 

3.  In  vain  we  aik  God's  right'ous  law 
to  juftify  us  now, 

Since  to  convince  and  to  condemn 
is  all  the  law  can  do. 

4.  JefuSy  hew  glorious  is  thy  grace, 
when  in  thy  name  we  trull  ! 

Our  faith  receives  a  right'oufnefs 
that  makes  the  fmher  juft. 

XCV.   Regeneration,    John  i.  f 3,  and  iii.  3,  ire. 
1,  \  j  O  T    all  the  outward  forms  on  earth, 

[%!     nor  wiites  that  CWhas  giv'n, 
Nor  will  of  man,  nor  blood,  nor  birth, 

can  r*ife  a  ibul  to  heav'n* 


Book  I.         Spiritual    Songs.  63 

The  fcv'reign  will  of  God  alone 

creates  us  heirs  of  grace  : 
Bern  ill  the  image  ot  his  foil, 

a  new  peculiar  race. 

3.  The  ipirit,  like  fome  heav'nly  wind, 
blows  on  the  tons  of  flefh, 

New  models  all  the  carnal  mind, 
and  forms  the  man  afrefh. 

4.  Our  quicken  *d  fouls  awake,  and  rife, 
from  the  long  ileep  or 'death  ; 

On  heav'nlv  things  we  fix  our  eves, 
and  praiie  employs  our  breath. 

XCVI.  EleClion  excludes  boapiug,  1  Cor,  26 — 31, 

1.  V)^^  ^exv  arnong  t^ie  carnal  will", 
|J      but  few  of  noble  race, 

Obtain  the  favour  of  thine  eyes 
almighty  King  of  grace. 

2.  He  takes  the  men  of  meanefl  name 
for  fons  and  heirs  of  God  ; 

And  thus  he  pours  abundant  fharne 
on  honourable  blood. 

l>  He  calls  the  fool,  and  makes  him  know 

the  myit'ries  of  his  grace, 
To  bring  afpiring  wifdom  low, 

and  all  its  pride  abafe* 

4.  Nature  has  all  its  glories  loft. 

when  brought  before  his  throne  5 
No  flefh  fhall  in  his  prefence  boaft, 

but  in  the  Lord  alone. 

XCVII.    Chrift  our  Wifdom,   Rightcoufnefs,    ixc* 

1  Cor.  i.  30. 
i.T^URY'D  in  fhadows  of  the  night, 
JD  We  lie  till  Chrift  reftores  the  light ; 
G  2 


<&4  Hymns       and  Book  l. 

Wifdom  defcends  to  heal  tlie  blind, 
And  chafe  the  darknefs  of  the  mind. 

2.  Our  guilty  fouls  are  drown  d  in  tears 
'Till  his  atoning  blood  appears ; 

Then  we  awake  from  deep  diltrefs,, 
And  fing,  the  Lord  eur  Right' oufneft. 

3.  Our  very  frame  is  mix'd  with  fin  ; 
His  fpirit  makes  our  natures  clean  : 
Such  virtues  from  his  fufPrings  flow> 
At  once  to  cieanfe  and  pardon  too. 

4.  Jefus  beholds  where  Satan  reigns, 
Binding  his  flaves  in  heavy  chains  ; 
He  fets  the  pris'ners  free,  and  breaks 
The  iron  bandage  from  our  necks. 

5.  Poor  helplefs  worms  in  thee  pofTefs 
Grace   wifdom.  pow'r  and  right'oufnefs  ; 
Thou  art  our  mighty  all,  and  we 

Give  our  whole  felves,  O  Lord,  to  thee. 

,1  '  - 

XCVII1.     The  fan*. 

1.  TJOW  heavy  is  the  night 
JfX   that  hangs  upon  our  eyes, 

'Till  Chrift,  with  his  reviving  light,, 
over  our  fouls  arife  I 

2.  Our  guilty  fpirit s  dread 
to  meet  the  wrath  of  heav'n  ; 

But  in  his  right'oufnefs  array 'd 
we  fee  our  fins  forgiv'n. 

3.  Unholy  and  impure 

are  all  our  thoughts*  and  ways ,, 
His  hands  infected  nature  cure 
with  fanctifying  grace. 

4.  The  pow'rs  of  hell  agree  ♦ 
to  hold  our  fouls  in  vain; 


Book  I.     Spiritual     SoxGfc.        65 

He  fets  the  fon»  of  bondage  free,, 
and  breaks  the  curfed  chain, 

5.  Lord>  we  adore  thy  ways 
to  bring  us  near  to  God, 
Thy  fov'reign  pow'r,  thy  healing  graces 
and  thine  atoning  blood,. 

XCIX.      Stones  made  children  of  Abraham  ;   ovr 
g  ace  not  conveyed by  religious  parents  ,Mal.iii  9*. 

1,  A  TAIN  are  the  hopes  that  rebels  place 

y        upon  their  birth  and  blood, 
Deic ended  from  a  pious  race  : 
(their  fathers  now  wi  h  Cod.) 

2,  He  from  the  cares  of  earth  and  htl] 
can  take  the  hard  eft  Itones, 

And  fill  the  houfo  of  Abr*  am  welT 
with  new  created  ions. 

3,  Such  wond'rous  powY  he  doth  poffefr,, 
who  form'd  our  mortal  frame, 

Who  call'd  the  world  from  emptinefs  ; 
the  world  otey'd  and  came. 

C.  Believe  and  be  faved,  John   iii.    16,  \mj>  \%* 

I;  ^V  7  OT  to  condemn   the  fons  of  men 

U%l    Efid  Chrijt   the  fon  or"  Cod  appear  : 
No  weapons  in  his  hands  are  ieen, 
Ko  flaming  i\\  ord,  nor  thunder  there*. 

2>   Such  was  the  pity  of  our  God, 
Helov'd  the  race   of  man  fo  well,, 
He  lent  his  Son  to  bear  our  load 
Of  fins,  and  lave  our  fouls  from  hellj. 

3.   Sinners,  believe  the  Saviour's  word,, 
Trutt  in  his  mighty  narue,  and  livey, 


46.  Hymns     and  Book  I. 

A  thou  find  joys  his  lips  afford, 

His  hands  a  thoufand  bleffings  give, 

4.   But  vengeance  and  damnation  lies. 
On  rebels  who- refute  the  grace  ; 
W'o  Cod's  eternal  Snn  defpife, 
The  hottefthell  {hall  be  their  place. 

CI.     Jys    i»    heavn    for    a    repenting    [inner, 
Luke  xv.   7,   10. 

I-  V  "X  1  HO  can  defcribe  the  joys  that  rife, 

Vy     Tiirough  all    the  courtb  of  paradifc, 
To  fee  a  prodigal  return, 
To  fee  an  heir  of  glory  born  f 

2.  With  joy  the  Father  doth  approve 
The  fruit  of  his  eternal  love; 

The  Sv>n  with  joy  looks  down  and  fees^ 
The  purchaie  of  his  agonies. 

3.  The  fpirit  takes  delight  to  view 
The  holy  foul  he  for m'd  anew  ; 
Aud.  faints  and  angels  join  to  fing 
The  growing  empire  of  their  King. 

CN.     The   beatitudes,    Mitt.    v.    2< I2i 

[f -OLefs'd  are  the  humble  forjs  that  fee 

±J  Their  emptinef*  and  poverty  , 
Treafiires  of  grace  to  them  are  giv'n, 
And  crowns  of  joy  laid  up  in  heav'n  ] 

[2.   Blefs'd  are  the  men  of  broken  hearr>. 
Who  mourn  for  (in  with  inward  fmart  ; 
T    e  blood  of  Chrijl  divinely  flows 
A  hea4ing  balm,  for  all  their  woes.] 

[3*  Blefs'd  are  the  meek,  who  ftand  afar 
From  rage  and  paflion,  noife  and  war  ; 
Cod  will  fecure  their  happy  (late, 
And  plead  their  cauie  against  the  great.} 


L> 


Book  I.         Spiritual    Songs  67 

[4.   Blefs'd  are  the  fouls  that  third  for  grace, 
Hunger  and  long  for   right'oufhefs  ; 
They  lhall  be  well  iupply'd  aud  fed 
With  living  dreams  and  living  bread.] 

[5.   Blefs'd  are  the  men  whofe  bowels  mova 
And  melt  with  fympathy  and  love  j 
From  Chrift  the  Lord  (ball  they  obtain 
Like  fympathy  and  love  again.] 

[6.  Blefs'd  are  the  pure,whofe  hearts  are  clean: 
From  the  defiling  pow'rs  of  (in  ; 
Wilh  endlefs  pleafure  they  (hall  fee 
A  Cod  of  fpotlels  purity.] 

[7.  Blefs'd  are  the  men  of  peaceful  life, 
Who  quench  the  coals  of  growing  iirife  p 
They  (hall  be  call'd  the  heiis  of  biifs, 
The  fons  of  G<jd>  the  Cod  of  peace.] 

[8.  Blefs'd  are  the  fuiPrers  who  partake 
Of  pain  and  (hame  for  Jtfus*  fake  j 
Their  fouls  (hall  triumph  in  the  Lord, 
Glory  and  joy  are  their  reward-^ 

CIJL.  Not  afhamed  of  the  go/pel,     2  Tim.  i,  12, 

i.T'M  not  afham'd  to  own  my  Lent, 

X     or  to  defend  his  cattfe, 
Maintain  the  honour  of   his  word, 

the  glory  of  his  crofs. 

2.  Jefus,  my  God  !  I  know  his  name  ; 
his  name  is  all  my  truft  ; 

Nor  will  he  put  my  foul  to  fhame, 
nor  let  my  hope  be  loft. 

3.  Firm  as  his  throne  his  promife  ftands, 
and  he  tan  well  fecure 

What  I've  committed  to  his  hands^ 
'till  the  decifive  hour. 


68  Hymns  and  Book  L 

4.  Then  will   lie  own  my  wortlilefs  name 

before   liis  Father's  face, 
And  in    the  Ndiv  JerufaUm 

appoint  my  foul  a  place. 

CIV ".  A  jtatu  oj  nature  and  grace,  1  Cor.  vi*  10.  II* 

I*TVJ  O^    tne  malicious  or  profane, 

X\|       the  wanton  or  the  proud, 
Nor  thieves,  nor  ilund'rers,  mall  obtain 

the  kingdom  of  our  Cod. 

2.  Surprifing  grace  !  and  fuch  were  we 
by  nature  and  by  fin> 

Heirs  of  immortal  mifery,. 
unholy  and  unclean. 

3.  But  we  are  waftYd  in  Jefus9  blood, 
we're  pardon 'd  thro*  his  name  ; 

And  the  good  fpirtt  of  oar  God 
has  fanciify/d  our  frame, 

4.  O  for  a  pei  fevering  pow'r 
to  keep  thy  juit  commands  ! 

We  would  defile  our  hearts  no  more,, 
no  more  pollute  our  hands. 

I  I     ■■■■        ■M!  —      I—  ■■      llllllllll       ■      —  1.  |— — 

£V.  Beavs?i  invifibie  and  holy,    1  Cor.  ii.    a,  io« 

Rev.  xxi.  27. 
I-^VT  OR   eye  has  feen,    nor  ear  has  heard,- 

1^1     nor  frnfe,  nor  reafon  known, 
What    joys  the  Father  has  prepai'd 

for  thofe  that  love  the  Son. 

2.  But  the  good  Spirit  of  the  Lord 

it  veals  a  heav'n  to   come  ; 
The  beams  of  glory  in  his  word 

allure  and  guide  us  home. 

5.  Pure  are  the  joys  above  the  fty, 
and  all  the  region  peace  j, 


Book  I.         Spiritual  Songs.  6^ 

No  wanton  lips,  nor  wanton  eye, 
can  fee  or  tafte  the  blifs. 

4.  Thofe  holy  gates  for  ever  bar 
pollution,  fin,   and  fhame  ; 

None  (hall  obtain  admittance  there 
but  foll'wers  of  the  Lamb  : 

5.  He  keeps  the  father's  book  of  lif«, 
there  all  their  names  are  found  : 

The  hypocrite  in  vain  fhall  ftrive 
to  tread  the  heav'nly  ground. 

CV1.      Dead  to    fin    by    the    crofs     of     Chrift, 
Rom.  vi.  J,  2,  6. 

I«  Q<  Hall  we  go  on  to  fin, 

ij  becaufe  thy  grace  abounds, 
Or  crucify  the  Lord  again, 
and  open  all  his  wounds  ? 

2.  Forbid  it,  mighty  Cod  I 
nor  let  it  e'er  be  faid, 

That  we,  whofe  fins  are  crucify'd, 
ihouJd  raiie  Lhem  from  rh*  deae-, 

3.  We  will  be  flaves  no  more, 
fince  Chrijl  has  made  us  free, 

Has  nail'd  our  tyrants  to  his  crofs, 
and  bought  our  liberty. 

CVII.  The  fall  and  recovery  of man  ;  or,  Chrift 
and  fat  an  at  en?nity,  Gen.  iii.  1,  15,  17. 
Gal.    iv.    4.     Col.    ii.    15. 

I.   T~NEceiv'd  by  fubtle  fnares  of  hell, 

JL/   Adam  our  head,  our  father,  fell, 
When  fatan,  in  the  ferpent  hid, 
Propos'd  the  fruit  that  God  forbid. 

5.  Death  was  the  threat'ning  ;     death  began 
To  take  pofleflion  of  the  man  \ 


70  H  y  M  n  s       and  Book  I* 

His  unborn  race  receiv'd  the  wound, 
And  heavy  curfes  fmote  the  ground. 

^.    Bnt  fatan  found  a  worfe  reward  ; 
Thn«  faith  the  vengeance  of  the  Lord, 
Let  ever  la  ping  hatred  be 
Betwixt  the  woman  s  feed  and  thee. 

4.   The  iv oman's  feed  jha 11  be  my  Son  ; 
He  /ball  deftroy  what thou  haft  done s 
Shall  break  thy  head,  and  only  feel 
Thy  malice  raging  at  his  heel. 

f$.   He  fpake  ;   and  hid  four  thoufaud  years 
Roll  on  :    at  length  his  Son  appears  ; 
Angels  with  joy  defcend  to  earth, 
And  fing  the  young  Redeemer's  birth. 

6.   Lo,  by  the  fons  of  hell  he  dies  ! 
But  as  he  hung  'wixt  earth  and  ikies, 
He  gave  their  prince  a  fatal  blow, 
And  triumph'd    o'er  the  pow'rs  below.] 

CVI1I.  Chrifi  unfeen  and  beloved,  1  Pet.  i.  S. 

l."^k  TOT  with  our  mortal  eye? 
J.\|     have  we  beheld  the  Lord, 
Yet  we  rejoice  to  hear  his  name, 
and  love  him  in  his  word, 

2.  On  earth  we  want  the  fight  ' 
of  our  Redeemer's  face  : 

Yet,  Lord,  our  inmoft  thoughts  delight 
to  dwell  upon  thy  grace. 

3.  And  when  we  tatte  thy  love, 
our   joys  divinely  grow 

Unfpeakable,  like  thofe  above, 
and  heav'ii  begins  below. 


Book  I.         Spiriti'.uSo;, 

CIX.  Toe  value  of  Chrilt,  and   his  rlgbteouj..      J 
Phil,  iii.  7,  8,  9. 

l.\TO  more,  my  Ccrf,    I  boafl:  no  more 

L\|    Of  all  the  duties  I  have  done  , 
I  quit  the  hopes  I   held  before, 
To  truft  the  merits  of  thy  Son. 

2.   Now  for  die  love    I  bear  his  name, 
What  wis  mv  gain  I  count  my  lofs  ; 
My  former  pride  I  call  mv  fhame, 
And  nail  my  glory  to  his  croft. 

?.    Yes    and  I  muit  aud  will  eiteem 
All  things  but  lofs  for    Jcfus*   fake  : 
O  may  my  foul  be  found  in  him, 
And  of  Ids  right'oufnefs  partake  ! 

4.  The  bed  obedience  of  mjr  hands 
Dares  not  appear  before  thy  tine 
But  faith  can  anfwer  thy  demands. 

By  pleading  what  my  Lord  has  done. 

CX.Dea.  for/j  2  Cor.  v.  1,  5--8. 

I.^TT^Herc  ir  a  hci   e  not  made  with   hands, 

JL        etcra  .1,   *nd  en  high  ; 
And  Uer^  nv    i]    rit  w:\i  ing  itands, 
'till  C*/<haH  bid  it  fly. 

2.  Shortly  this  prlibn  of  my  clay 
muit  be  diSolv  c  and  fall  ; 

Then,  O  my  fenl,  wiih  joy   obey 
thy  heav  nlv  Father's  call. 

3.  'Tis  he,  by  his  almighty  grace, 
that  forms  thee  fit  fox  heav'n  ; 

And,  as  an  earneft  of  tue  place, 
has  his  own  Spirit  giv"n. 

4.  We  walk  by  faith  of  joys  ;o  come  \ 
faith  lives  upon  his  word  : 


7* 


Hymns     and  Book  I< 


But  while  the  body  is  our  home, 
We're  abfent  from  the  Lord. 

5.  'Tis  pleafant  to  believe  thy  grace, 

but  we  had  rather  fee  ; 
We  would  be  abfent  from  the  flefli,     ■ 

and  prefent,  Lord,  with  thee. 

CXI.  Salvation  by  grace,  Titus  iii.  3 — 7. 

£r.  *T     ORD,  we  con f els  ournum'rous  faults  ; 

J j   how  great  our  guilt  has  been  I 

Foolifh  and  vain  were  all  our  thoughts, 
and  all  our  lives  were  (in. 

2.  But,  O  my  foul,  for  ever  praife, 

for  ever  love  his  name, 
Who  turns  thy  feet  from  dang'rous  ways, 

of  folly,  fin,  and  fhame.] 

[3.  'Tis  not  by  works  of  right'oufners 
which  our  own  hands  have  done  ; 

But  we  are  fav'd  by  fov'reign  grace, 
abounding  thro*  hisfbn.] 

4.  Tis  from  the  mercy  of  our  God, 
that  all  our  hopes  begin  ; 

*Tis  by  the  water  and  the  blood 
our  fouls  are  wafh'd  from  fin. 

5.  'Tis  thro*  the  purchafe  of  his  death, 
who  hung  upon  the  tree, 

The  fpirit  is  fent  down  to  breathe 
on  fuch  dry  bones  as"we. 

6.  Rais'd  from  the  dead  we  live  anew  i 
andjuftify'd  by  grace, 

We  fhall  appear  in  glory  too, 
and  fee  our  father's  face. 


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CXII.       The  bra/en far pent ;  or,  looking  to   Jefus, 
John  iii.    14 16. 

1.  nO  did  the  Hebrew  prophet  raife 
^3      the  brafen  ferpent  high  ; 

The  wounded  felt  immediate  eafe, 
the  camp  foi'boie  to  die. 

2.  Look  upward  in  the  dying  hour, 
and  live,  the  prophet  Cries  ; 

But  Lhrift  performs  a  nobler  cure, 
when  faith  lifts  up  her  eyes. 

5.   High  on  the  crofs  the  Saviour  hung  ; 

high  on  the  heav'ns  he  reigns  : 
Here  fianers,   by  tlf  old  ferpent  ilung, 

look,  and  forget  their  pains. 

4.    When  Ccd\  own  Son  is  lifted  up, 

a  dying  world  revives  ; 
The  Jew  beholds  the  glorious  hope, 

til'  expiring  Gentiis  lives. 

CXIU  .   Abraham's  ble fling  on  the  Gentiles,  Gen. 
xvii.  7.    Rom.  xv.  8.      Mark    x.    14. 

r.  TTOW   large  the    promife  !  how  divine  * 
J    |_   to  Abro'in  and  his  feed   ; 

V II  be  a  God  to  thee  and  thine, 
fup plying  all  their  need. 

2*  The  words  of  his  extenfive  love 

from  age  to  age  endure  ; 
The  angel  of  the  cov'nant  proves, 
and  feals  the  bleffino:  fare. 


3,   Jefus  the  ancient  faith  confirms, 

to  our  great  fathers  giv'n  ; 
H?  takes  young  children  to  his  arms, 
1  calls  thern  heirs   of  heav'n. 


H 


4  Hymns    and  Book  L 

4.  Our  God,   how  faithful  are  his  ways  ! 

his  love  endures  the  fame  ; 
Nor  from  the  promife  of  his  grace 

blots  out  the  childrens  name. 

CX1V.     The  fame,  Rom.  xi.   16,   17. 

1.  r^Entiles  by  nature,  we  belong 

to  the  wild  olive  wood  ; 
Grace  took  us  from  the  barren  tree, 
and  grafts  us  in  the  good. 

2.  With  the  fame  bleffings  grace  endows 
the  Gentile  and  the  Jew  ; 

If  pure  and  holy  be  the  root, 
fuch  are  the  branches  too. 

3.  Then  let  the  children  of  the  faints 
be  dedicate  to  God  ; 

Pour  out  thy  fpirit  on  them,  Lord, 
and  wafli  them  in  thy  blood. 

4.  Thus  to  the  parents,  and  their  feed, 
(hall  thy  falvation  come, 

And  iium'rous  houfholds  meet  at  lail 
in  one  eternal  home. 

_ _-     - . . _______^_^_^^—» 

CXV.     Cotiviflic?:  of  fin  h  the  law,  Rom.   vii. 

8,  9;  14,  24. 

1.  T     ORD,  how  fecure  my  confidence  was, 
{   J      and  felt  no  inward  dread, 

I  was  alive  without  the  law, 

and  thought  my  fins  were  dea4. 

2.  My  hopes  of  hear'n  were  firm  and  bright  \ 
but  fmce  the  precept  came 

With  a  convincing  power  and  light, 
I  find  how  vile  I  am. 


Book  I.  SpiritvalSon  cs. 

[3.  My  guilt  appear 'd  but  fmall  before, 

'till  terribly  I  faw 
How  perfect,  holy,  juft,  and   pure, 

was  thiue  eternal  law, 

4.  Then  felt  my  foul  with  heavy  load  3 
my  fins  reviv'd  again  ; 

I  had  provok'd  a  dreadful  God, 
and  all  my  hopes  were  ilain.] 

5.  I'm  like  a  helplefs  captive  fold, 
under  the  pow'r  of  fin  ; 

I  cannot  do  the  good  I  would, 
nor  keep  my  confcience  clean. 

6.  My  Cody  I  cry  with  ev'ry  breath, 
for  fome  kind  pow'r  to  five. 

To  break  the  yoke  of  fin  and  death, 
and  thus  redeem  the  flave. 

CXVL     Love  to    God  and  our  neighbour ,   Matt- 
xxii.   37 — 40. 

j.rnr^HUS  faith  the  firrt  the  great  command. 

Ci  Let  all  thy  inward  pow'rs  unite 
u  To  love  thy  Maker,  and  thy  Cod, 
s<  With  utmoll  vigour  and  delight  j 

2.  "  Then  (hall  thy  neighbour,  next  in  place. 
u  Share  thine  affections  and  elteem, 

<<   And  let  thy  kindnefs  to  thyfelf 

**  Ivleafure  and  rule  thy  love  to  him.'* 

3.  This  is  the  fenfe  that  Mofes  fpoke, 
This  did  the  prophets  preacii  and  prove  : 
For  what  of  this  the  law   is  bioke, 

And  the  whole  law's  fulhTd  by  love. 

4.  But  oh  !  how  bafe  cur  paffions  are  I 
How  cold  our  charity  and  zeal  ! 

H2 


76  Hymns     and  Book  1. 

hard  fill  our  fouls  with  hcav'nly  fire. 
Or  we  (hall  ne'er  perform  thy  will. 

CXVII.     Elcttion  fovcrcign   and  free,  Rom.     ix. 

21,    22,   2;,    24, 

[i.  TOEHOLD  the  potter  and  the  clay, 

JP)   He  forms  his,  veffels  as  he  pleale  j 
Such  is  our  Cod,  and  fuch  are    we, 
The  fubjechs  or'  his  high  decrees. 

2.   Doth  not  the  workman's  pow'r  extern! 
O'er  all  the  mafs,  which  part  to  chooie, 
And  mould  it  for  a  nobler  end, 
And  which  to. leave  for  viler  ufe   ?] 

5.  May  not  the  fov'reign  Lord  on  high 
Difpenfe  his  favours  as  he  will, 
Choofe  fome  to  life,  while  others  die, 
And  yet  be  jult  and  gracious  frill  ? 

[4.   What  if,  to  make  his  terror  known, 
He  lets  his  patience  long  endure, 
SufTi  ing ;  vile  rebels  to  go  on, 
And  leal  their  own  deitrucVion  fure  ? 

5.  What  if  he  means  to  ftervv  his  grace, 
And  his  electing  love  employs 

To  mark  out  feme  of  moi  t.A  11 
And  forms  the  1:1  fit  lor  beav'nh  j<  ; 

6.  Shall  intin  reply  againft  the  L^rd, 

And  cliI  his  Maker's  ways  unjuii, 
The  thunder  of  whole  dieadiul  word 
Can  crufli  a  thouland  worlds  to  uuit  l 

7.  But,   O  my  foul,  if  truth  fo  bright 
Should  dazzle  and    confound  tiiy  fight, 
Yet  Hill  his  written  will  obey, 

And  wait  tlie  great  decihve  day. 

8.  Then  (hall  he  make  hisjuflice  known, 
./-td  tic  whole  v.cild,  btioie  iiib  throne. 


Book  I.  Spiritual    Songs  77 

With  joy,   or  terror,   fhall  confefs 
Th  e  glory  of  his  righ'coufuefs. 

CXVIlf.   Mofes    and  Chilli  or,  ftps  a£ainjt  th* 

law  and  go/pel,    John  i.    17.   Heb.  in.  3,  5,  6^ 
and  x.   28,  29. 

I-    *T~^H2  law  by  Mofes   came; 

A         but  peace,  and  truth,  and  Jove,, 
Were  brought  by  ChriH  (a  nobler  name) 
defcending  from  above. 

3t,    Amidit  the  houfe  of  Cod 
their  diff  Vent  works  were  done  y 
Mofes~<\.  faithful  fervaat  (lood, 
but  Chrift  a  faithful  Son. 

3.  Then  to  his  new  commands 
be  ft  rid  obedience  paid  ; 

O'er  all  his  Father's  houfe  he  (lands- 
the  SovVeign  and  the  head. 

4.  The  man  thatdurft  defpife 
the  law  that  Mofes  brought, 

Behold  !   how  terribly  he  dies 
for  his  pjefumpt'ous  fault  : 

5.  But  forer  vengeance  falls 
on  that  rebellious  race, 

Who  hate  to  hear  when  Jefus  callsr 
and  dare  reiift  his  grace. 

CX1X.      The    different   fuccefs  cf  the  gofpcl,    2? 
Cor.  i.   23,    24.      2  Cor.  ii.    16.      1   Cor.  iii,. 

6.  7. 

1.   /^iHrist  and  his  crofs  is  all  our    theme  ? 

V^      the  myft'ries  that  we  (peak 
Are  fcandal  in  the  Jew*  eReem, 
and  folly  to  the  Greek  : 

Hi 


1* 


H   Y    M    N    3       xr.d 


Cu!c 


2.  Hut  f:uls  enlighten  \i  from  above 
with  \py  receive  the  word  ; 

They  fee  what  wifdom.  pow'r,  and  love, 
tkines  in  their  dying  Lord, 

3.  The  vital  favour  of  his  name 
re fl ores  their  fainting  breath  ; 

But  unbelief  perverts  the  fame 
to  guilt,  defpair,  and  death. 

4.  'Till  God  diiYuie  his  graces  down, 
like  fhow'rs  of  heav'nly  rain, 

In  vain  Apotloi  lows  the  ground, 
and  Paul  may  plant  in  vain. 


"F' 


CXX.      Faith     of  things    unjeen,     Heb.   xi.     r. 
2,  3,   10. 

1 AITH  is  the  brighteft  evidence 
of  things  beyond  our  light, 
Breaks  thro'  the  clouds  of  fleth   and  fenfe, 
and  dwells  in  heav'nly   light  f 

2.  It  fets  time  pad  in  prefent  view, 
bring  diilant  profpech  home, 

Of  things  a  thoufand  years  ago, 
or  thoufand  years  to  come. 

3.  By  faith  we  know  the  worlds  were  nv 
by  Cod's  almighty  word  : 

Abrtt'tiij  to  unknown  countries  led, 
by  faith  obey'd  the  Lord. 

4.  He  fought  a  city  fair  and  high, 
built  by  th'  eternal  hands- 

And  faith  nffures  us,  the'  we  die 
that  heav'niv  building  Hand-. 


Ecck  I.  5  p  i  rt  i  r  v  a  l    S  o  k  g  s.  79 

CXXL     Children  d  vtfeJ  to  God,  Gen.  xvii.   7, 
10.    Jt:rs  \ri.    14.    15 

(Fsr  /^^'  •zt'/'fl   praCtife  infant  bapiifm  ) 

1.  rTT^HUS  faith  the   mercv  ot    the  Lord, 

P  VUfo  a  Col  h  thee  : 

rilble J s  thy.nuinro'.n  rase,   and  tkey 
Jha II  be  a  feed for  me* 

2.  Abra?n  believ'd  the  promis'd  grace^ 
and  guve  his  ions  to  Cod  : 

But  water  feals  the  bleiiiiig   now, 
that  once  was  feal'd  with  bioou> 

3.  Thus  Lydia  fan&i  fy*d  her  houfe, 
when  (he  received  the  word  ; 

Thus  the  believing-  jailor  gave 
his  houihold  to  the  Lord  : 

4.  Thus  later  faints,   eternal  King, 
thine  ancient  truth  embrace  ; 

To  thee  tneir  infant  offspiing  biing, 
and  humbly  clai.11  the  grace. 

CXXII.    Believers  buried  with  Chrift  in  baptifrtf 
Rom.  vi.   3,   4,   err. 

1.  T~^\0  we  not  know  thatfolemn  word, 
\Jf   That  we  are  bury'd  with  the  L$rd  1 

Baptized  into  his  death,  and  then 
Put  oil  the  body  of  our  fin  I 

2.  Our  fouls  receive  diviner  breath, 
Rais'd  from  corruption,  g'uiit  and  death  : 
So  from  the  grave  did  Chrift  raife, 

And  lives  to  Cod  above  the  ikies. 

3.  No  more  let  fin  or  fata  v.  reign 
Over  our  mortal  flefh  again  ; 
Tin  various  lulls  we  (erY*d  before 
Shall  have  dominion  now  no  more* 


8o  H  Y   M    H    s     and  Book  I. 

CXXIII.      The    repenting     prodigal,  Luke    xv. 
13,   rfr*. 

f.  T])  Eliold  the  wretch,    wliofe  luft  and  wrnc 

1J      had  waded  his  eftate, 
He  begs  a  (hare  amougft  the  iwine, 
to  tatte  rhe  hufks  they  eat. 

a.   I  die  with  hunger  here,  he  cries  ;. 

1  llarve  in  foreign  lands  ; 
My  father**  hcufe  has  large  fupplies, 
and  bounteous  are  his  hands. 

5.   Til  go,  and  with  a  ?nounful  tongue  r 

fait  down  before  his  face  : 
Father >  I've  done  tfy  jujlice  wrong, 

?ior  can  deferve  thy  grace. 

4.  He  (aid,  and  hallen'd  to  his  home~- 
to  feek  bis  father's  love  : 

The  father  Taw  the  rebel  come, 
and  all  his  bowels  move, 

5.  He  ran,  and  fell   upon  his  neck, 
emhrae'd  and  kiis'd  his  lbn  ; 

The  lebel's  heart  with  ibrrow  brake 
for  follies  he  had  done. 

6.  Take  of  his  clothes  offf)a?ne  and  Jin; 
(the  lather  gives  command) 

JDrefi  hivi  in  garments  white  and  clean,, 
with  rings  adorn  his  hand. 

7.  A  day  of  jeafing  I  ordain-, 
lei  mirth  and  joy  abound  ; 

ftiy  jo?i  was  dead,  and  lives  again, 
was  lojt,  and  now  is  found* 

CXX1V.     Thefrjl   and  fecond    Adam,     Rom.. 

v.  12,    ixc 
*   l~^\EEP  **  tne  dui\,  before  thy  throne, 
\J   Our  guilt  and.  our  difgrace  we  own 


Book  I.     Spiritual     So  n  g  s.  Si 

Great  Co//  we  own  tii*  unhappy  name 
Whence  fprung  our  nature  and  our  ihame  ! 

2.  Adam  the  (inner  ;   at  his  fall 
Death  like  a  conqu'ror  feized  us  all  : 
A  thoufand  new  born  babes  are  dead, 
By  fatal  union  to  their  head. 

3.  But  w  hi  111  our  fpiritsx  filled  with  awe, 
Behold  the  terrors  of  thy  law, 

We  fing  the  honours  of  thy  grace, 
That  lent  to  fave  our  ruin'd  race. 

4.  We  ling  thine  everlafting  ion, 
Whojoin'd  oui  nature  to  his  own  : 
Adcnn  the  fecond,  from  the  duit, 
Raiies  the  ruins  of  the  firil. 

[5.  By  the  rebellion  of  one  man     * 
Thro'  all  his  feec\  the  mifchief  ran  j 
And  by  one  man's  obedience  now 
Are  all  his  feed  made  right'ous  too. 

6.  Where  fin  did  reign  and  death  abound, 
There  have  the  ions  of  Adam  found 
Abounding  life  ;   their  glcnous  grace 
Reigns  thro'  the  Lord  cur  right }eufnef$A 


^ 


CXXV.  Ciiriil's  com  aj/io/j  to  ths  weak  and  temp* 
t:d,  Heh,  iv.  16.  and  v.  7.       Mat.  xli.  20.     " 

1 .  \  4  t  iTHjoy  we  meditate  the  grace 

of  v  u!   high  priejt  above  ; 
His  heart  is  rn.idct  oi  U  iK^-meis, 
his  bowtis  iiiejt  w\i  1  iove. 

2.  Touch'cl  with  a  fvmpathy  within, 
lie  knows  our  feeble  frame  ; 

He  knows  what  Ipre  temptations  mean, 
for  lie  has  felt  the  lame. 

3.  But  fporlef.,  innocent  arid  pure, 
the  great  Redeemer  ftood, 


82  Hymns  and  Book  I. 

Wkile  fatan's  fiery  darts  he  bore, 
and  did  re(i(t  to  blood. 

4.   He  in  the  days  of  feeble  flefh 

pour'd  out  his  cries  and  tears. 
And  in  his  mcafure  feels,  afreib 

wJiat  evVy  membe r  heats. 

[5.  He'll  never  quench  the  fmoaking  flax,, 

but  raife  it  to  a  flame  ; 
The  bruifed  reed  he  never  breakes, 

iior  Icoros  the  meanelt  name.] 

6.  Then  let  our  humble  faith  addrefi 

his  mercy  and  his  pow'r 
We  mall  obtain  deliv'ring  grate 

in  the  diiirelhng  hour. 

CXXVl.      Charity    aud     uncharitablenefs,  Rom- 
xiv.  17,  10.   1  Cor.  x.  32. 

I.  ^TOT  di  ff  'rent  food,  or  diffrent  drefs, 
JL^|.  Compote  the  kingdoms  of  our  Lordy 
But  peace  and  joy  and  right'oufnefs, 
Faith  and  obedience  to  his  word. 

5.  When  weaker  Chrifttans  we  difpife, 
We  do  the  gofpel  mighty  wrong  ; 
For  Cod,  the  gracious  and  the  wife, 
Receives  the  feeble  with  the  ftrong. 

4    Let  pride  and  wrath  be  banifli'd  hence, 
Meeknefs  and  love  our  fouls  purfue  ; 
Nor  (hall  our  practice  give  offence 
To  faints,  the  C entile  or  the  Jew, 

CXXVI1.      Chrifr's  invitation  to  flutters  ;   or,  hu- 
mility and  pride.  Matt.  xi.  28  —  30. 

\.  u '  f~*\  OME  hitner  all  ye  weary  fouls, 
\^j  u  Ye  heavy  laden  (inner*  come ; 


Book  I.  Spiritual    Son'os,  83 

u  I'll  give  you  reft  from  all  your  toil5, 
u  And  raiie  you  to  my  heav'nly  home. 

2.  "  They  (hall  find  reft  that  learn  of  me  ; 
«<  I'm  of  a  meek  and  lowly  mind  ; 

u  But  paflion  rages  like  ♦lie  fea, 
16  And  pride  is  reillefsasthe  wind. 

3.  "  Blefs'd  is  the  mm  \yhofe  moulders  take 
u  My  yoke,  and  bear  it  with  delight ; 

u  My  yoke  is  eafy  to  his  neck, 

u  My  grace  (hall  make  the  burden  light." 

4.  Jsfusf  we  come  at  thy  command, 
With  faith  and  hope,  and  humble  zeal, 
Refign  our    fpirits  to  thy  hand, 

To  mould  and  guide  us  at  thy  will. 

CXXVIII.  The  JpoJIles  ammitfisn  ;  or,  the  gof- 
pel attefted  by  miracles ,  Mark  xvi.  15,  &c. 
Matt,  xxviii.    18,   ire. 

1."/^  O  preach  my  gofpel,  faith  the  Lent, 

VJ  "Bid  the  whole  earth  my  grace  receive 
«   He  (hall  be  fav'd  that  trufts  my  word, 
u  He  (hall  be  daran'd   that  won't  believe. 

[2.  "  I'll  make  your  great  commiffion  known, 
u  And  ye  (hall  piove  my  gofpel  true, 
"   By  all  the  works  that  I  have  done, 
u  By  all  the  wonders  ye  (hall  do. 

3.  "  Go  heal  the  fick,  go  raife  the  dead, 
"  Go  caft  out  devils  in  my  name  ; 

<€  Nor  let  my  prophets  be  afraid, 

M  Tho'  Greeks  reproach,  and  Jc-jjs  blafpheme.] 

4.  u  Teach  all  the  nations  my  commands; 
<f  I'm  with  yon  'till  the  world  (hall  end  : 

*  All  pow'r  is  irulted  in  mv  hands, 
u  I  can  deiiroy,  and  I  defend." 


$4  Hymns       ani  Book  I , 

5.   He  fpake,  tnditght  Jhotts  rrmnd 'his* head, 
On  a  bright  cloud  1 9  heav*n  '-  ■  rode  ; 
They  to  the  fxrthel:  n  iti  >:r    pre  ad 
The  at  ace  of  tysir  afc ended  God. 

CXXIX.    Sub  m  fun  and  deiherance  ;   or,    Abra- 
ham offering  his  fon,  Gen.  xxii.  6,    &c. 

i.^Aintr,,  ai  your  hcav'n}y  Fathers  word, 

v3  Give  up  your  comforts  to  the*  Lord ; 
He  (hail  relrore  what  vou  reCimi, 
Or  grant  ycu  bleiimgs  more  divine. 

2.  So  Abraham  with  obedient  band 
Led  forth  his  ion  at   God's  co»o maud  ; 
The  wood,  the  fiic,  the  knife  he  took, 
His  arm  prepar'd  the  dreadful  itroke. 

3.  Abra*m,    forbear,    the  Angel  cry'd, 

Thy  faith  is  known,  thy  love  is  try '  d  j 
Thy  fon  fbali  live,  and  in  thy  feed 
Shall  the  whole  earth  be  b left* d  indeed. 

4.  Jud  in  the  lad  diftreflirtg  hour 
The  Lord  difplays  deli  v' ring  powV  ; 
The  mount  of  danger  is  the  place, 
Where  we  fh  ill  fee  iurprifing  grace. 

*■•-         ■  ■ — ■  ■    ■■  •--?■  -  '    —     '  '■  ■ 

CXXX.  Love  and  haired,  Phil.  ii.  2.    Eph.    iv. 

30,   ire. 

iATOW  by  the  bowels  of  my  Cod, 

jjN|    H13  lharp  dillrefs,  liis  fore  complaints, 
By  his  lalt  groans,  his  dying  blood, 
I  charge  my  ioul  to  love  the  faints. 

2.  Clamour,  and  wrath,  and  war,  begoue, 
Envy  and  fpite  for  ever  ceafe  ; 
Let  bitter  words  no  more  be  known 
Anion  git  the  faints,  the  fons  of  noace. 


Book  I.  Spiritual    Songs.  8c 

5.   The  Spirit,  like  a  peaceful  dove, 
Flees  from  the  realms  of  noife  and    ftrife  ; 
Why  mould  we  vex  and  grieve  his  love, 
Who  feals  our  fouls  to  heav'nly  life  ? 

4.   Tender  and  kind  be  all  our  thoughts, 
Thro*  all  our  lives  let   mercy  run  : 
So  Cod  forgives  our  numVous  faults 
For  the  dear  fake  of  Chrift  his  Son. 

CXXXL      The    fharifee    and  publican,     Luke 
xviii.   10,    &c. 

1.  'PJEhold  how  finders  difagree, 
X3   The  publican  and  pharifee  ! 

One  doth  his  right'oufnefs  proclaim, 
The  other  owns  his  guilt  and  (name. 

2.  This  man  at  humble  diftance  (rands, 
And  cries  for  grace  with  lifted  hands; 
Thar  boldly  rifes  near  the  throne, 
And  talks  of  duties  he  has  done. 

3.  The  Lord  their  different  language  knows, 
And  difT'rent  anfwers  he  bellows  -, 

The  humble  foul  with  giace  lie  crowns, 
Whillt  on  the  proud  his  anger  frowns. 

4.  Dear  Father  let  me  never  be 
Join'd  with  the  boafting  pharifae  : 
1  have  no  merits  of  my  own, 

But  plead  the  fufF 'rings  of  thy  Son. 

CXXXII.    Ho  line f 5  and  grace,  Tit.   ii.  10 — 15* 

I.  CJO  let  our  lips  and  lives  express 

>3  The  holy  gofpel  we  profefs  ; 
So  let  our  works  and  virtues  fhine, 
To  prove  the  doctrine  all  divine, 

I 


g 6  Hymns  and  Book  I. 

2.   Thus  (hall  we  beil  proclaim  abroad 
The  honours  of  our  Saviour-6W  : 
Whenjthe  falvation  reigns  within, 
And  grace  fubdaes  the  pow'r  of  fin. 

2.   Our  flefli  and  ienfe  muft  be  deny'd, 
Paffion  and  envy,  lull  and  pride  ; 
While  jnllice,  ternp'rance,  truth  and  love, 
Our  inward  piety  approve. 

4.  Religion  beats  our  fpirit  up, 
While  we  expeft  that  bleffed  hope, 
That  bright  appearance  of  the  Lord, 
And  faith  ftands  leaning  on  his  word. 

CXXXII1.      hove    and    charity,    1     Cor.    xiii. 

a-— -7>  *3- 
j    y     ET  pharifees  of  high  efleem 

^j     their  faith  and  zeal  declare, 
All  their  religion  is  a  dream, 
if  love  be  wanting  there. 

2.  Love  fuffers  long  with  patient  eye, 

nor  is  provok'd  in  hafte  ; 
She  lets  the  prefent  injury  die. 

and  long  forgets  the  pall. 

[3.   Malice  and  rage,  thofe  firies  of  hell, 

(he  quenches  with  her  tongue  ; 
Hopes  and  believes,  and  thinks  no  ill, 

tlio'  flie  endures  the  wrong.] 

[4.  She  nor  defires  nor  feeks  to  know 
U   the  fcandals  of  the  time  ; 
Nor  looks  with  pride  on  thofe  below, 
nor  envies  thofe  that  climb.] 

5.  She  lays  her  own  advantage  by 
to  feek  her  neighbour's  good  ; 

So  God's  own  Son  came  down  to  die, 
and  be ugHt  our  live*  with  blood.       I 


Book  I.      Spiritual    Songs.  87 

6.   Love  is  the  grace  that  keeps  her  pow'r 

in  all  the  realms  above  ; 
There  lliitli  and  hope  are  known  no  more  ; 

faints  lor  ever  love. 

CXXXIV.      Religion    vain  without    love ,  1  Cor. 
xiii.   r,  2,   3. 

1.  T  TAD  I  the  tongues    of  Gretki  and  Jew, 

L  And  nobler  ipeech  than  angels  uie, 
If  love  be  abient,  I  am  found 
Like  tinkling  brafs,  an  empty  found. 

2.  Were  I  infpir'd  to  preach  and  tell 
All  that  is  done  in  heav'n  and  hell, 
Or  could  my  faith  the  world  remove, 
Still  I  am  nothing  without  io.e. 

3.  Should  Idi(tribare  all  my  (tore 
To  feed  the  bowels  of  the   poor, 
Or  give  my  body  to  the  flame, 

To  gain  a  martyr's  glorious  name  ; 

4.  It  love  to  Cod  and  love  to  men 
Be  abfent,  all  my  hopes  aie  vain  : 
Nor  tongues,   nor  gifts,  nor  fiery  zeal, 
The  work  of  love  can  e'er  iulfih 

CXXXV.     Tte  lov*  of  Chrift  Jhed  abroad  m  the 
heart,  Ehp.   iii.    u>,   &q. 

1.  /^CME,  deareft  Lord,  d^c^nd  and  dwell 
\^j    By  taitn  and  i*.  vt  in  ev'ry  breait  j 

Then  (hall  we  know,   and  tatte,   and  ieel 
The  joys  that  cannot  be  expreis'd. 

2.  Come  fill  our  hearts  with  inward  ftrength, 
Make  our  enlarged  fouls  potfefs, 

And    learn    the   heighth,     and    breadth,    and 
Qf  thine  unmealurable  grace.  [[length 

la 


l£  Hymns     and  Book  I. 

3.   Now  to  the  Ced,  whole  pow'r  can  do 
Alore  than  our  thoughts  or  wifhes  know, 
Be  everlasting  honours  done 
By  all  the  Church,   thro'  Chrifi  is  Son. 

CXXXVL      Sincerity     and   hjprocrij)  ,    or,  for- 
mality in     ivorJbip}  Joh.    iv.   24.  Pf.  CJtXXlX* 

23>  24.    x 

1.  f^  OD  is  a  fpirit,  juft  and  wife  ; 
V_J      he  fees  our  in  mod  mind  .• 

In  vain  to  heav'n  we  raife  our  cries, 
and  leave  our  foul  behind. 

2.  Nothing  but  truth  before  his  throne 
with  honour  can  appear  ; 

The  painted  hypocrites  are  known 
thro'  the  difguife  they  wear, 

3.  Their  lifted  eyes  falutes  the  ikies, 
their  bending  knees  the  ground  ; 

But  Cod  abhors  the  iaerifice 
where  not  the  heart  is  found. 

.4.  Lord,  fearch  mv  thoughts,  and  try  my  ways, 

and  make  my  ioal  (i  nee  re  ; 
Thru  (hall  I  :;  ace, 

and  find  acceptance  the*e« 


CXXXVIl.  Sahath  i\     -Tim, 

i.  9,  10. 


-N' 


Ee  l\    »i  «iv?u  i 

He  faVes  from  helk   (we  W   Is    his  0 
He  calls  our  wand  1  ii  £  ft  ct  to  heav'iu 

2.   Not  tor  our  duties  or  deferts, 
Ej.t  of  his  own  ab;  uiuling  grace, 
H     works  falvatioi    111  hour  he  *rts, 
Aud  loims  a  people  for  hi:>  prajjfe* 


Book  L  Spiritual   Songs,  So 

3.  '  1  was  his  own  purpofe  that  begun 
To  refcue  rebels  doom'd  to  die  : 

H-  '4-ave  us  orace  in  Chri/i  his  Son 
8.  fore  he  fpread  the  itarry  fky. 

4.  Jefus  the  Lord  appears  at  laft, 

And  mikes  his  Father's  counfels  known  ; 
Declares  the  great   transactions  pair, 
And  brings   immortal   bleflings  down. 

5.  He  dies  ;  and  in  that  dreadful  night 
Did  ail  the  pow'rs  of  hell  deflroyed  ; 
Rifing,  he  brought  our  heav'n  to  light, 
And  took  poffeHion  of  the  joy. 

CXXXVIII.     Saints  in  the  hand  e/Chrift,  Joha 
x.  28,     29. 

1.  T~*IRM  as  the  earth   thy  gofpel  ftands, 
J7     my  Lord,  my  hope,  my  truft  : 

If  I  am  found  in  Jijfii*  hands 
my  loul  can  ne'er  be  loll. 

2.  His  honour  is  engag'd  to  lave 
the  meanelr.  of  his  flieep  : 

All  that  his  heav'nly  Father  gave 
his  hands  fecurely  keep. 

j.   Nor  death,  nor  hell,  fhall  e'er  remove 

his  fav'rites  from  his  hreaft  ; 
In  the  dear  bofom  of  his  love 

they  mult  for  ever  reft. 


CXXXIX,  Hope  in  the  covenant  ;  or,  God'* 
promifs  and  truth  unchangeable,  Heb.  vl* 
17 10,,. 

Ju  TJO W  oft  have  fid  and  facan  {trove 
j^X  ^°  renc*  mY  *°ul  ft"»«  thee^my  Cadi 
I  %. 


^o.  H  y  m  n  s     and  Book.  I. 

But  everla  fling*  is  tliy  love 

And  Jefus  ieals  it  with  bis  blood. 

2.  The  oath  and  promiie  of"  the  Lord" 
Join  to  confirm  the   woud'rous  grace  ;, 
Eternal  pow'r  performs  the  word, 
And  fills  all  fieaVn  with  enxliefs  pr/ife. 

3.  Amidfl  temptation  fbarp  and  long 
My  foul  to  this  dear  refuge  fiies  : 
Hope  is  my  anchor,  firm  dmi  tirong, 
"While  tempefts  blow,  and  billows  rife. 

4.  The  gofgel  bears  mv  fpirir  up  ; 
A  faithful  and  unchanging  Cod 
Lays  the  foundation  for  ray  hope, 
In  oaths,  and  promifes,  and  blood. 

CXL».     A.  living  and  a  dead  faith ,  collected  from- 
ft  vera  1  fci  iptures.. 

X.  Ti   Jfi  stalen  fouls!  that  dream  of  heaVn^ 
J.VX    in^  uiake  their  empty  boalt 

Of  inward  joys,  and  fins  forgiv'u, 
while  they  are  flaves  to  lull. 

2.  Vain  are  our  fancies,  airy  flights^ 
if  faith- be  CJid  and  dead  ; 

None  but  a  living  pow'r  unites 
to  Ghrijl  the  living  head* 

3.  *Tis  faith  that  changes  all  the  heart  j; 
'tis  faith  that  works  by  love  ;, 

That  bids  all  iinful  joys  depart, 
and  lifts  the  thoughts  above. 

4.  Tis  faith  that  conquers  earth  and  helty, 
by  a  celeitial  pow'r  ; 

This  is  the  grace  that  fhall  prevaiL 
in  t Ire  dccifive  how,. 


k  I.         S  r  i  a  r  t  u  a  l    So.ncs,  9  r 

[5.  Faith  mult  obey  her  Father's  will, 

as  well  cts  truft  hi^  grace  ■, 
A  parcelling  CW  tsj   iilbus  Hill. 

for  iiis  OA\a  hoiinefs. 

6,  *Vhen  from  the  curfe  lie  fets  us  fre?? 
he  makes  our  natures  clean  ; 

Nor  would  he  fend  his  Son  to  be 
the  minifter  of  fin. 

7.  His  fpirit  purifies  our  frame, 
and  feals  our  peace  with  Cod  1. 

Jefus,  and  his  falvation,  came 
by  water  and  by  blood,] 

CXLI.      The  humiliation,  and  exaltation  of  Chri&3 
lia.  liii.  1  —  5,  10 — 12, 

1.  T^rZHO-basbelie.Vd  thy  word, 

V  V        or  thy  falva1  ion  known  i 
Reveal  thine  arm,  almighty  Lord, 
and  glorify  thy  Son. 

2.  The  Jszvj  elteem/d  him  here 
too  mean  for  their  belief  ; 

Sorrows  his  chief  acquaintance  were,, 
and  his  companion,  grief. 

3.  They  turn'd  their  eyes  away, 
and  treated  him  with  lcorn  ; 

But  'twas  their  grief  upon  hirn  lay, 
their  fbriows  he  has  borne. 

4.  'Twas  for  the  ltuboorn  Jews, 
and  Gentile s  then  unknown, 

The  6W,of  j^itice  pleas'd  to  bruife 
his  belt  beloved  Son, 

5.  u  But  I'll  prolong  his  days, 

u  and  make  his  kingdom  ttand  ; 
u  My  pleafure  (faith  the  Cod  of  grace); 
u  ihall  proiper  in  his  baad^ 


92  Hymns       and  Book  X. 

[6.  "  His  joyful  fool  (hall  fee 
u  the  pure  hale  of  his  pain, 
<c   And  by  His  kno  vledge  jidtify 
"  the  guilty  fous  of  men."] 

£7.  u  Ten  thoufand  captive  (laves, 

(i   releas'd  from  death  and  (in, 
iC  Shall  quit  their  pi  ifons  and  their  graves,. 

4<  and  own  his  now'r  divine.] 

[8.   "  Heav'nfliall  advance  my  Son. 
*'  to  jovs  that  earth  deny'd  : 
"  Who  faw  the  follies  men  had  done, 
u  and  hore  their  fins,  and  dy'd."j 

CXLH.     The  fame,  Ifa.  liii.  6—9.   12, 

1.  T     IKE  fheep  we  went  a  ft:  ray, 

I    _j    and  broke  the  fold  of  God, 
Each  wand'ring  in  a  diff 'rent  way, 
but  all  the  downward  road. 

2.  How  dreadful  was  the  hour 
when  Cod  our  wand'rings  laid, 

And  did  at  once  his  vengeance  pour 
upon  the  fhepherd's  head. 

3.  How  glorious  was  the  grace, 
when  Chrijl  fultain'd  the  ilroke  ! 

His  life  and  blood  the  fhepherd  pays 
a  ranfom  for  the  flock. 

4.  His  honour  and  his  breath 
were  taken  both  away  ; 

join'd  with  tlie  wicked  in  his  death, 
and  made  as  vile  as  they. 

5.  But  GWfliallraife  his  head 
o'er  all  the  fons  of  men, 

And  make  him  fee  anum'rous  feed* 
tQ,rC.comnenJe  his  gain*, 


Book  I.  Spiritual  Songs.  93 

6.   V light  him  (faith  the  Lord) 

a  portion  with  the  firing  ; 
lie  Jhail pofftfs  *  large  reward, 

and  hold  his  honours    long. 

CXL1IL      Characters    •/    the    children  of  God* 
from  feveral  Scriptures. 

j.  OO  new-born  babes  defire  the  bread, 

»3     to  feed,  and  grow,  and  thrive  ; 
So  faints  with  joy  the  gofpel  tafle, 
and  by  the  gofpel  Jive. 

[2.   With  inward  gufl:  their  heart  approves 

al!  that  the  world  relates  ; 
They  love  the  men  their  Father  loves, 

and  hate  the  works  he  hates, J 

£3.  Not  all  the  flatt'ring  baits  on  earth 

can  make  them  Haves  to  luit  : 
They  can't  forget  their  heav'nly  birth, 

nor  grovel  in  the  duft, 

4.   Not  all  the  chaiue  the  tyrants  ufe 

mail  blind  their  fouls  to  vice  : 
Faith,  like  a  conqu'ror,  can  produce 

a  thoufand  victories.} 

[5.  Grace,  like  an  uncorrupted  feed, 

abides  and  reigns  within  ; 
Immortal  principles  forbid 

the  fons  ox  G:J  to  lin.j 

£6.  Not  by  the  terrors  of  a  Have 

do  they  perform  his  will,. 
But  with  the  nobleit  posv'u*  they  hare 

his  fvveet  conroinds  fulfil} 

7.    Thev  find  accefs  at  ev'ry  hour 

to  God  vvithin  the  vail  ; 
lieuce  :  icy  dei<\      1  cv         'uing  powV, 

aud  joys  thai  uevcr  CaiL 


'94  Hymns      and  Book  I. 

8.  O  happy  fouls  !  O  glorious  (late 
of  over-flowing  grace  !  ^ 

To  dwell  to  near  the  Father's  feat, 
and  fee  his  loveiy  face  ! 

9.  Lord,  I  addrefs  thy  heav'nly   throne  : 
call  me  child  of  thine  ; 

Send  down  trie  fpirit  of  thy  Son. 
to  form  my  heart  divine. 

10.  There  fhed  thy  choicer!  loves  abroad), 
and  make  my  comforts  (trong  ; 

Then  mail  I  fay,   my  Father,  Cod, 
witk  an  unwav'ring  tongue. 

CXLIV.  The  wit n effing  and  fealing  Spirit,  Rom. 

viii.  14,   16.     Eph.  i.  13,   14. 
I.TT7HY   mould  the  children  of  a  King, 

V V       go  mourning  all  their  days  ! 
Great  Comforter,  descend  and  bring 

fome  tokens  of  thy  grace. 

2.  Doft  thou  not  dwell  in  all  the  iaints, 
and  feal  the  heirs  of  heav'n  ? 

When  wilt  thou  banifh  my  complaints, 
and  fhe\v  my  fins  rorgiv'n  ? 

3.  Allure  my  confcience  of  her  part 
in  tne  Redeemer's  blood  ; 

And  bear  thy  witneis  with  my  heart, 
that  I  am  born  of  Cod. 

4.  Tiiou  art  the  earnell  of  his  love,, 
the  pledge  of"  joy  to  coire  ; 

And  thy  foil  wings,  cefeftial  dove, 
will  fafe  convey  me  home. 

CXLV.  Chrilt  and  Aaron,  Heb.  vii.  and  ix. 


-J 


ESUS,  in  thee   our  eyes  behold 
a  thoufjnd  glories  more 


Book  I.  Spiritual    Songs.  95 

Than  the  rich  gems  and  polifh'd  gold 

the  ions  of*  Aaron  wore. 
2.  The  6rfttVeir  own  burnt-off'rings  hi  ought 

to  purge  themfelves  from  fin  ; 
Thy  life  was  pure  without  a  fpor, 

and  all  thy  nature  clean. 

[3.  Frefli  blood  as  confront  as  the  day 

was  on  their  altar  fpilt ; 
But  thy  one  ofPring  takes  away 

for  ever  all  our  guilt.] 

[4.  Their  priefthood  ran  thro*  ieveral  hands, 

for  mortal    was  their  race  ; 
Thv  never-changing  office  Hands, 

eternal  as  thy  days.] 

[5.  Once  in  the  circuit  of  a  year, 

with  blood,  but  not  his  own, 
Aaron  within  the  vail  appears, 

before  the  golden  throne  : 

6.  But  Cbrifly  by  his  own  pow'rful  blood, 

afcends  above  the  ikies, 
And,  in  the  prefence  of  our  God, 

(hows  his  own  facrifice.] 

7.  Jefusy  the  King  of  glory,  reigns 
on  Sion's  heav'nly  hill  ; 

Looks  like  a  Lamb  that  has  been  fiain, 
and  wears  his  priefthood  ftilh 

8.  He  ever  lives  to  intercede 
before  his  Father's  face  : 

Give  him,  my  foul,  thy  caufe  to  plead^ 
nor  doubt  thy  Father**  grace. 


1 


CXLVI.     Gkaratters    of  Chrift,   borrowed  from 

inanimate  things  in  Scripture. 
l.f~y  O,  worfhip  at  IvimauiF s  feet, 
VJ  See  in  his  face  what  wonders  meet  ! 


9^  Hymns      and  Book   I* 

Earth  is  too  narrow  to  exprefs 
His  worth,  his  glory,  or  his  grace. 

[2.   The  whole  rreation  can  afford 
But  fome  faint  (hadbws  of  my    Lord  1 
Nature,  to  make  her  beauties  known, 
Mull  mingle  colours  not  her  own.] 

[;.   Is  he  compar'd  to  wine  or  breach  \ 
Dear  Lord,  our  fouls  would  thus  be  fed  ; 
That  flc-fh,  that  dying  blood  of  thine, 
]s  feread  of  life,  is  heav'nly  wine. J 

[4.  Is  he  a  Tree  ?   The  world  receives 
Salvation  from  his  healing  leaves  : 
That  rioht'ous  Branch,  that    fruitful  Sou ^h^ 
Is  David's  Root  and  offspring  too.] 

Tf.   Is  he  a  Rofe  ?    Not  Sharon    yields 
Such  fragrancy  in  all  her  fields  ; 
Or  if  the  Lily  he  a  flu  me, 
The  vallies  blefs  the  rich  perfume.] 

[6.  Is  he  a  Vine  ?   His  heav'nly  root 
Supplies  the  boughs  with  life  and  fruit  : 
O  let  a  lading;  union  join 
My  foul  to   Chrijl  the  living  vine  !] 

[7.  Is  he  the  Head  ?   Each  member  lives, 
And  owns  the  vital  pow'rs  he  gives  ; 
The  faints  below,  and  faints  above, 
Join'd  by  his  Spirit  and  his  love.] 

[8.  Is  he  a  Fountain  ?   There  I  bathe, 
And  heal  the  plague  of  fin  and  death  r 
Thefe  waters  all  my  foul  renew, 
And  cleanfe  my  fpotted  garments  too.] 

["9.  Is  he  a  Fire  ?   He'll  purge  my  drofs  : 
But  the  true  gold  fultains  no  lofs  ; 
Like  a  refiner  mall  he  fit, 
And  tread  the  refute 'with  his  feet.] 


Book  L         Spiritual   Songs.  07 

[10.  Is  he  a  Rock  ?   How  firm  he  proresJ 
The  rock  of  ages  never  moves  ; 
Yet  the  fweet  (treanrs  that  from  him  flow 
Attend  ns  all  the  defiirt  thro'.] 

£11.  Is  he  a  Way  ?   He  leads  to  God, 
The  path  is  drawn  in  lines  of  blood  ; 
There  would  I  walk  with  hope  and  zeal, 
'Till  I  arrive  at  Sion's  hill.] 

£12.  Is  he  a  Door*   1*11  enter  in  ; 
Behold  the  paftures  large  and  green  ; 
A  paradile  divinely  fair  ; 
None  but  the  (heep  have  freedom  there.] 

£1;.   Is  he  dedgn'd  a  Corner- (lone, 
For  men  to  build  their  heav'n  upon  ? 
I'll  make  him  my  foundation   too, 
Nor  fear  the  plots  of  hell  below.] 

[r4.   Is  he  a  Temple  I   I  adore 
Tii' indwelling  Majelly  and  pow'r; 
And  IH11  to  his  moll  holy  place, 
Where'er  1  praj,  I  turn  my   face."] 

£t$.   Is  he  a  Star  ?   He  breaks   the  night, 
Piercing  the  (hades  with  dawning  light  ; 
I  know  his  glories  from  afar, 
I  know  the  bright,  the  Morning-Mar.l 

£x6.   Is  he  a  Sun  ?  His  beams  are  grace, 
His  courfe  is  joy  and   right'oufheis  : 
Nations  rejoice  when    he  appears 
To  chace  their  clouds,  and  dry  their  tears. } 

17.  O  let  me  climb  thofe  higher  (kies, 
Where  ftorms  and  darknefs  never  rife  ! 
There  he  difplays  his  powVs  abroad, 
And  (nines  and  reigns  th'  incarnate  Cro% 

18.  Nor  earth,  nor  feas,  nor  fun,  nor  ftaii. 
Nor  heav'n  his  full  referablance  bears  * 

K 


9S  H  y  M  n  s       and  Book  1, 

His  beauties  we  can  never  tr.ice, 
'Till  we  behold  him  face  to   face. 


CXLVII.   ?h;  names  and  titles    of  Chi  ill,    from 
feveral  Scriptures. 

[i.'rnr^IS  from  the  treafures  of  his  word 

X      I  borrow  titles  for  my  Lofd  ; 
Nor  art  nor  nature  can  fupply 
Sufficient  forms  of  M  ajefty. 

2.   Bright  image  of  the  Father's  face, 
Shining  with  undiminifli'd  rays  ; 
Th'  eternal  God's  eternal  Son, 
The  heir  and  partner  of  his  throne.] 

g.   The  King  of  Kings,  the  Lord  moil  high, 
Writes  his  own  name  upon  his  thigh  : 
He  wears  a  garment  dipp'd  in  blood, 
And  breaks  the  nations  with  his  rod. 

4.  Where  grace  can  neither  melt  nor  move, 
The  Lamb  refents  his  injured  love  ; 
Awakes  his  wrath  without  delay, 

And  Judah's  lion   tears  the  prey. 

5.  But  when  for  works  of  peace  he  comes, 
What  winning  titles  he  affumes  ! 

Light  of  the  world,  and  life  of  men  ; 
Nor  bears   thofe  characters  in  vain. 

6.  With  tender  pity  in  his  heart 
He  *#s  the  Mediator's  part  ; 

A  ~rr1end  and  brother  he  appears, 
And  well  fulfils  the  names  he  wears, 

7.  At  length  the  Judge  his  throne  afcends, 
Divides  the  rebels  from  his  friends ; 

And  faints  in  full  fruition  prove 
His  rich  variety  of  love. 


Book   I.  S  P  I   R  I  T  U  A  X   S  0  N  G  S.  Oq 

CXLVIII.  The  fame   as  the    cxlvii.  Pfalm. 

[r.  T  X  7  ITH  chcarful  voice  I  fing 

V  V     The  titles  of  my  Lord, 
And  borrow  all  the  names 
Of  honour  from  his  word  ; 

Nature  and  art 

Can  ne'er  fupply 

Sufficient  forms 

Of  Majefty. 

2.   In    Jefus  we  behold 
His  Father's  glorious  face, 
Shining  for  ever  bright 
With  mild  and  lovely  rays  : 

Th'  eternal    Cod's 

Eternal  Son 

Inherits  and 

Partakes  the  throne.] 

5,  The  Sov'reio.n  King  of  Kings, 
The  Lord  of    Lords  raoft  high, 
Writes  his  own  name  upcn 
His  garment  and  his  thigh  : 

His  name  is  call'd 

The  word  of  Cod  :  * 

He  rules  the  earth 

With  iron  rod. 

4.  Where  promifes  and  grace  * 
Can  neither  melt  nor  move, 

The  angry  Lamb  relents 
Th*  injuries  of  his  love  5 

Awakes  his  wrath 

Without  delay, 

As  lions  roar 

And  tear  the  prey, 

5.  But  when  for  works  of  peace 
Tne  ^teat  Redeemer  comes, 

K2 


ioo  Hymn*     and  Book  I 

What  gentle  characters, 
What  titles  he  aflumes  I 

Liglit  of  the  world, 

And  life  of  men  ,-. 

Nor  will  he  bear 

Thofe  names  in  vain. 

6.  Immenfe  compafTion  reigns 
In  our  Itnmanuttt  heart, 
When  he  delcends  to  acl 

A  Mediator's  part : 
He  is  a  friend, 
And  brother  too  5 
Divinely  kind, 
Divinely  true. 

7.  At  length  the  Lord,  the  Judge, 
His  awful  throne  afcends, 

And  drives  the  rebels  far 
From  favourites  and  friends. 

Then  ihail  the  faints 

Completely  prove 

The  heigh  ths  and  depths 

Of   all  his  love. 


CXLIX.     The    offices    if   Chriir,    from   ieverat 
Scriptures.- 

1.  TOIN  all  the  names,  of  love  and  pow'r, 
J    That  ever  men   or  angels  bore, 

All  are  too  mean  to  fpeak  his  worth, 
Or  let  ImmanucPs   glory  forth. 

2.  But  O  what  condefcending  ways 
He  takes  to   teach  his  heav'nly  grace  ! 
My  eyes  with  joy    and   wonder  fee 
What  forms  of  love  he  bears  for  mc. 

[:.   The   Angel  of   the  cov'nant  ftands 
With  hiscommiiTion  iu  his  hands* 


Book  I.         Spiritual  Songs.  lot 

Sent  from  bis  Farhe  i  's  milder  throne 
To  make  the  great  falvation  known.] 

[4.  Great  Prophet,    let  meblefs  thy  name  ; 

By  thee  the  joyful  tidings  came, 

Of  wrath  appeas'd,  or  fin  fo.giv'n, 

Of  hell  fubdu'd,  and  peace  with  heav'n.] 

[5.   My  bright  example,  and  my  guide, 
I  would  be  walking  near  thy  fide  5 
O  let  me  never  run  ait  ray, 
Nor  follow  the  forbidden  way  !] 

[6.   I  love  my  fhepherd,  he  (hall  keep 
My  wand 'ring  foul  amonglt  his  (heep  ; 
He  feeds  his  flock,  he  calls  their  names, 
And  in  his  bofom  bears  the  lambs. ] 

[7.  My  furety  undertakes  my  canfe, 
Anfw'ring  his  Father's  broken  laws* 
Behold  my  foul  at  freedom  fet9 
My  furety  paid  the  dreadful  debt.] 

[S.  Jefus,  my  great  High-prieft,  has  dy'd  ; 

I  leek  no  facrifice  befide  : 

KIs  blood  did  once  for  all  atone, 

And  now  it  pleads  before  the  throne.] 

[9.   Mv  Advocate  appears  on  high, 
The  Father  lays  his  rhunder  by  : 
Not  all  the  earth  or  hell  can  fiy 
Shall  turn  my  Father'*  heart  away.] 

[to.  Mv  Lord,  my  Cortqu'ior,  and  my  King, 
T-y  fceptreand  t  iv  f   ord  I  fing  ; 
Thine  is  the  vict  i\,   and  •  fit 
A   joyful  iubjeft  at  thy  hct  J 

[ri.  Afpire,  mv  foul,  to  glorious  deed*, 
The  Captain  of  Salvation  leads  : 
March  on,  nor  fear  to  »1  in  the  dav, 
Tbo*  death  and  hell  oMirucl  Uie  way  J 
K    3 


1G1  H  T  M  N  s      and  Book  I 

12.  Shold  death  and  hell,  and  po-w'rs  unknown 
Put  all  their  forms  of  mifchief  on, 
I  fhali  be  fale  y  lot  Chrijl   displays 
Salvation  in  more  ibv'rergn  ways. 

CL.     The  fame  as  the    cxlviii.   P fa-fa); 

I.  TOIN    all  the  glorious  names, 

J    Of  wifdom,  love,  and  pow'r, 
That  ever  mortals  knew,  / 

That  angels  ever  bore, 

All  are  too  mean 

To  fpeak  his  worth, 

Too  mean  to  ftt 

My  Saviour   forth* 

a.   But  O  what  gentle   termsy 
What  condefcending  ways, 
Doth  our  Redeemer  ufe 
To  teach  his  heav'nly  grace  ■ 

Mine  eyes  with   joy 

And  wonder  fee 

What  forms  of  love 

He  bears  for  me . 

ft.  Arrayed  in  mortal  fleftr 
lie^ke  an  angel  itands, 
And  holds  the  promifes 
And  pardons  in  his  hands, 

Commiflion'd  from 

His  father's  throne, 

To  make  his  grace  ^ 

To  mortals  known. 3- 

£4.   Great  prophet  of  my  Cod, 
My  tongue  would  blefs  thy  name  $- 
By  thee  the  joyful  news 
Of  our  falvation  came  ; 

The  joyful  news, 

Of  fins  forgiv'n,  < 


3boK  r.  Spiritual    Songs  i*$ 

Of  hell  fubdu'd, 

And  peace  with  heav'n.J 

£  5.  Be  thou  my  CMuniellor, 
My  pattern,  and  my  guide  ; 
Ami  thro*  this  tie  fart  land 
Stiil  keep  me  near  thy  tide  z- 

O  let  ray-  feet 

Ne'er  run  aitray, 

Nor  rove  nor  feek 

The  crooked  way  t 

£6.   I  love  my  ihepherd's  voicer 
His  watchful  eyes  ihal!  keep 
My  wand' ring  foal  among 
The  thoufands  of  his  fheep  :• 

He  feeds  his  flock, 

He  calls  their  names, 

H:s  bofom  bears 

Tiie  lender  lambs, J 

[7.  To  this  dear  furety's  haiicTp 
Will  I  commit  my  caulc; 
He  anfwers  and  fulfils 
His  father's  broken  laws,- 

Behold  m>.  foul 

At  freedom  fet  ! 

My  forety  paid 

The dreadful  debt.] 

[8.  Jefus  my  great  high  prieft 
OfFer'd  his  blood  and  d>  'd  ; 
My  guilty  confeience  leek* 
No  facrifice  befide  ; 

His  pew  Vf ul  clood 

Did  once  atone, 

Ard  now  it  pleads 

Before  the  throne] 

£9    My  advocate  appears 
for  my  defence  ou  high, 


,c4  Hymns  W         $  Book  I. 

The  father  1  ows  h's  ears, 
And  lavs  hi    thunder  by  i 

Nor  all  that  hell 

Or  (in  ean   fay, 

Shall  turn  his  heart, 

His  love  away.] 

[ro.  My  dear  almiohtv  lord, 
My  conqu'ior,  and  my  Kin   9 
Hiy    pt-ptie  and  tliy  i'voru, 
Thy  reigning  grace  1  fiog  : 

Thine  is  the  pow'r 

Behold  I  fit 

Iq  willing  bonds 

Beneath  thy    feet."] 

[it      Now  let  my  foul  nrite, 
And  tread  the  tempter  Jow  n  9 
My  Captain  leads  me  forth 
To  conqueiland  a  crown. 

A  feeble  faint  ^. 

Slia.ll  \\  in  the  day 

Tho'  death  and  hell 

Ob  ft  met  the  way.] 

12.  Should  ail  the  liolls  of  deatia> 
And  pow'rs  of  lu  11    unknown, 
Put  their  moft  dreadful  fojHj£ 
Of  rage  ami  miichiel  oi^ 

I  (lull  be  C^fe  ; 
For  Lhtljl  difr-lays 
Superior  pow  'r 
And  guardian  grace. 

The  end  of  the  Fi&st  Boex* 


HYMNS 

AND 

Spiritual    Song  s . 

BOOK       II. 
Compofed  on  divine  Subje&s. 


I.   A  fang  of  praip   to  God  from    G*eat~Britain*~ 

I."V  TATURE  with  aMher  pow'rs  fhall  fing 

JLx    Cod  the  Creator  and  the  King  : 
Nor  air,  nor  earth,  nor  ikies  nor  leas, 
Deny  the  tribute  of  their  praiiev 

[2.   Begin  to  make  his  glories  known,. 

Ye  ieraphs  that  fit  near  his  throne, 

Tune  your  harps  high,  and  fpread  the  found 

To  the  creation's  utmoft   bound.] 

[3.  All  mortal  things  of  meaner  frame^ 
Exert  your  force,,  and  own  his  name  ; 
Whilll  with  our  fouls  and  with  our  voice 
We  fing  his  honours  and  our  joys.] 

£4,  To  him  be  facred  all  we  have, 
ifrom,  the  young  cradle  to  the  grave  : 


lo6  H    V     M     N     9 

Our  lips  ll>all  his  loud  wonders  tell, 
And  ev'rv  woui  a  iniracie.J 

[5.  This    Northern  ifle,  our  native  land, 
Lies  iafe  in  the  Alm'ghty'a  liancf  ; 
Our  foes  of  vicVry  dream  in  vain, 
And  wear  the  captivating  chain. 

6.  He  builds  and  guards  the  B  ,nc, 
And  makes  it  gracious  like  Lis  own  ; 
Makes  our  fjcceilive  prince*  kti 

And  gives  our  dangers  to  the  vvind.j 

7.  Raife  monumental  praifeS  high, 
To  him  that  thunders  thro'  the  iky, 
And  with  an  awful  nod  or  frown 
Shakes  an  afpiring  tyrant  down, 

[8.   Pillars  of  lading  brafs  proclaim 
The  triumphs  of  th'  eternal  name  ; 
While  trembling  nations  read  from  far 
The  honours  of  the  G*d  of  w&r.l 

9.    Thus  let  our  flaming  zeal  employ 
Our  loft ieft  thoughts  and  loudelt  fongs  : 
Britain,  pronounce  with  warmeit  joy 
Hofanna  from  ten  thoufand  tongues. 

20.  Yet,  mighty  God, our  feeble  frame 
Attempts  in  vain  to  reach  thy  name  ; 
The  itrongeit  notes  that  angels  raife 
Taint  in  the  worihip  and  the  praife. 


II.      "The  death  of  a  [inner. 

j.  ""&    TY  thought*  on  awful  Uibjects  roll, 
1VJL    damnation  and  the  dead  : 

What  horrors  feize  the  guilty  foul, 
upon  a  dying  bed  ! 

2.   Ling'ring  about  thefe  moital  &OFCS 
ihe  makes  a  longjlelay, 


Book  II.  SriRiTU.u.    Songs.  i  o  7 

'Till,  like  a  flood,  with  rapid  force, 
death  (weeps  the  wretch  away. 

3.  Then,   fwift  and  dreadful,  ihe  defceiuls 
down  to  the  fiery  coail, 

Anion  git  abominable  fiends, 
herfelf  a  frightful  ghoft. 

4.  There  endiefs  crowds  of  fin  tiers  lie, 
and  darknefs  makes  their  chains, 

Toi  tur'd  with  keen  defpair  they  cry, 
yet  wait  for  fiercer  pains. 

5.  Nut  all  their  anguiih  and  their  blood 
for  their  old  guilt  atones, 

Nor  the  companion  of  a  Cod 
ihall  hearken  to  their  groans. 

6.  Amazing  grace,  that  kept  my  breath, 
nor  bid  my  foul  remove, 

'Till  I  had  leam'd  my  Saviour's  death 
and  well  infur'd  bis  love  ! 

III.     The  death  and  burial  of  a  faint. 

1.  \  T  7HY  do   we  mourn  departing  friends  i 

\  V        or  fhake  at  death's  alarms  ? 
'Tis  but  the  voice  that  Jefus  fends 
to  call  them  to  his  arms. 

2.  x^re  we  not  tending  upward  too 
as  fad  as  time  can  move  ? 

Nor  would  we  wifti  the  hours  more  flow 
to  keep  us  from  our  love. 

3.  Why  mould  we  tremble  to  convey 
their  bodirs  to  the  tomb  ? 

There  the  dear  flefh  of  Jefus  lay, 
and  left  a  long  perfume. 

4.  The  graves  of  all  his  faints  he  bleftj 
and  foften  ev'ry  bed  : 


H  V  M  n  s      and  Book  II, 

Where  mould  the  dying  members  reft, 
but  with  the  dying  head? 

5.  Thence  he  a  role,  ascending  high, 
and  lhew"M  our  feet  the  way  : 

Up  to  the  Lord  guv  fteihihall  fly, 
at  the  great  ri Mug  day. 

6.  Then  let  the  laft  loud  trumpet  found, 
and  bid  our  kindred  rife  ; 

Awake,  ye  nations,  under  ground, 
ye  (allies,    afcend  the  fkies. 

IV.   Salvation  in  the    crofs. 

JTERE  at  thy  crofs,   my  dying  God, 
J_   I  lay  my  foul  beneath  thy  love, 
beneath  the  droppings  of  thy  blood, 
Jefus,   nor  thai]  it  e'er  remove. 

2.  Not  all  that  tyrants  think  or  fay, 
Wi:h  rage  and  light'ning  in  their  eyes; 
Nor  hell  (hall  fright  my  heart  awav, 
Should  hell  with    all  its  legions  rife. 

3.  Should  worlds  confpire  to  drive  me  thence? 
Movelefs  and  firm  this  heart  fliould  lie  / 
Refolv'-d,   (for  that's  my  laft  defence) 

If  I  mult  perifh,  there  to  die. 

4.  But  fpeak,  my  Lord,  and  calm  my  fearj 
Am  I  not  fafe  beneath  thy  (hade  ? 

Thy  vengeance  will  not  llrike  me  here, 
Nor  fat  an  dare  my  foul  invade* 

5.  Yes,  I'm  fecure  beneath  thy  blood, 
And  all  ray  foes  fhall  lofe  their  aim ! 
Hofanna  to  ivy  dying  Cod, 

And  my  belt  honours  to  his  name. 


IT       OR1 

Li   O 


V.   Longing  to  praife  Chi  ill  better. 
ord,  when  my  thoughts  with  wonder  roll 
~  *er  the  ifearp  forrows  of  thy  foul, 


Book  II.     Spiritual     Songs-      iog 

And  read  my  Maker's  broken  laws, 
Repair'd  and  honour'd  by  the  crofs ; 

2.  When  I  behold  death,  hell,  and  fin, 
Vaiiquifh'd  by  that  dear  blood   of  thine, 
And  fee  the  man  that  groan'd  and  dy'd 
Sit  glorious  by  his  Father's  fide  ; 

7.  My  paflions  ri(e  and  four  above, 
I'm  wing'd  with  faith,  and  hVd  with  lore 
Fain  would  I  reach  eternal  things, 
And  learn  the  notes  that  Gabriel  lings. 

Boi  my  heart  fails,  my  tongue    complaius5 
For  want  of  their  immortal  ftrains  ; 
A«id  in  inch  humble  notes  as  thefe 
Muic  fall  below  thy  victories. 

5.  Well,  the  kind  minute  mud  appear 
When  we  (hail  leave  thefe  bodies  here, 
Thefe  clogs  of  clay,   and  mount  on  high, 
To  join  the  fongs  above  the  fkv. 

VI.     A  mominp  f:    \ 

1.  /~XNCE  more,  my  foul,  ths  rifing  day 
V^y      falutes  the  waking  eyes  ; 

Once  more,  my  voice,  thy  tribute  pay 
to  him  that  rolls  the  Ikies. 

2.  Night  unto  night  his  name  repeats, 
the  day  renews  the  found, 

Wide  as  the  heav'n  on  which  he  fits, 
to  torn  the  feafons  round. 

3.  'Tis  he  fupports  my  mortal  frame, 
my  tongue  mall  fpeak  hispraife; 

My  fins  would  ronie  his  wrath  to  flame, 
and  yet  his  wrath  delays. 

[4.  Oa  a  poor  worm  thy  pow V  might  tread, 
and  I  cou  Id  ne'er  withttand  : 
L 


XlO  Hymns     and  Book  \\. 

Thy  juftice  might  have  ciufli'd  me  dead, 
but  mercy  held  thine  hand, 

j.  A  thoufand  wretched  fouls  are  fled 

fince  the  laft  fetting  fun, 
And  yet  thou  lengthen'ft  out  my  thread, 

and  yet  my  moments  run.] 

6  .  Dear  God,  let  all  my  hours  be  thine, 

whilft  I  enjoy  the  light  ; 
Then  (hall  my  fun  in  fmiles  decline, 

and  bring  a  pleafant  night. 

VII.     An  evening  fong, 

[i.THXREAD  SovVeign,  let  my  ev'ning  fong 

\^J  like  holy  incenfe  rife  ; 
Aflift  the  off  'rings  of  my  tongue 
to  reach  the  lofty  ikies. 

a.  Thro'  all  the  dangers  of  the  day 

thy  hand  was  ftill  my  guard, 
And  ftill  to  drive  my  wants  away 

thy  mercy  ftood  prepared.]  ■ 

3.  Perpetual  bleflings  from  above 
encompafs  me  around  ; 

But  O  how  few  returns  of  love 
hath  my  Creator  found  ! 

4.  What  have  I  done  for  him  that  dy'd 
tofave  my  wretched  foul  ? 

How  are  my  follies  multiply  *d, 
faft  as  niy  minutes  roll ! 

5.  Lord,  with  this  gurlty  heart  of  mine 
to  thy  dear  crofs  I  flee, 

And  to  thy  grace  my  foul  refign, 
to  be  renew'd  by  thee. 

6.  Sprinkled  afrefli  with  pard'ning  blo«d 
1  lay  me  down  to  reft, 


"■ 


Book  II.  SruiTUAL  Songs, 

As  in  the  embraces  of  my  Cod, 
or  on  my  Saviour's  breath 

VII I  .     A  Hymn  for  morning  or  evening, 

x.  TTOSANNA,  with  a  chearful  found, 

X~JL      to  Cod's  upholding  hand  ; 
Ten  thou  land  ihares  attend  us  round, 

and  yet  iecure  we  Hand. 

2.  That  was  a  mod  amazing  pow'r, 
thfct  rais'd  us  with  a  word  ; 

And  ev'ry  day  and  ev'ry  hour 
we  lean  upon  the  Lord. 

3.  The  ev'ning  refls  our  weary  head, 
and  angels  guard  the  room  ; 

We  wake,  and  we  admire  the  bed 
that  was  not  made  our  tomb. 

4.  The  rifipg  morning  can't  affure 
that  we  mail  end  the  day  9 

For  death  Hands  ready  at  the  door 
to  feize  our  lives  away, 

5.  Our  breath  is  forfeited  by  fin 
to  God's  revenging  law  ; 

We  own  thy  grace,  immortal  King, 
in  ev'ry  gafp  we  draw. 

6.  Co</is  our  fun,  whofe  daily  light 
our  joy  and  fafety  brings  ; 

Our  feeble  flefh  lies  fafe  at  night 
beneath  his  fhady  wings. 

IX.     Godly  forrow   arifing  from  the  fufferings  v 
Chrift. 


'•A 


LAS  !  and  did  my  Saviour  bleed  1 
and  did  my  Sov'reign  die  ? 
L  2 


U2  is      and  Book  I[^ 

Would  lie  devote  that  ftcred  head 
f     for  filed  a  worm  as  I  I 

[2.  Thy  body  ilain,  Tweet  Jcfus,  thine, 

and  bath'd  in  its  own  blood, 
While  all  expos'd  to  wrath  divine, 

tlie  glorious  lufl  Ver  Itood  !j 

3.  Was  it  for  crimed  that  I  had  done 
he  groan 'd  upon  the  tree  * 

Amazing  pity  i  grace  unknown  ! 
and  love  beyond  degree  ! 

4.  Well  might  the  fun  in   darkaeis  hide, 
and  ihut  hi§  glories  in, 

When  Cod,  the  mighty  Maker  dv'd 
for  man  the  creature's  fin. 

J.  Thus  might  I  bid  my  blufhing  fare 

while  his  dear  crois  appeals, 
Diflblve  my  heart  in  thankfulnefs, 

and  melt  my  eyes  in  tears. 

6.  But  drops  of  grief  can  ne'er  repay 

the  debt  of  love  I  owj  ; 
JHere,  Loid,  I  give  my  fed  away, 

'tis  all  that  I  can  uo, 

-* 

X.      Parting    with   carnal  jc)S* 

I.   Ti    /T  Y  foul  forfakes  her  vain  delight, 

J_VjL   aTi(^  l>i^5  tne  world  furewelj 
Bafe  as  the  dirt  beneath   my  f'eer, 
and  mifchievous  as  hell. 

3.   No  longer  will  I  aik  your  love*, 

nor  ieek  your  iriendilnp  more  \ 
The  happiuels  that  I  approve 

lies  not  within  your  pow'r. 

3.   There's  nothing  round  this  fpacious  earth, 
that  fuits  fny  large  ilefire  j 


Book  II.       SpiritualSongs.  ii# 

To  boundlefs  joy  and  lolid  mirth 
my  nobler  thoughts  afpire. 

[4.   Where  pleafure  rolls  its  living  flood, 

from  fin  and  drois  refin'd, 
Still  fpringing  from  the  throne  of  Cod, 

and  fit  tocnear  the  mind. 

5.  Th'  almighty  ruler  of  the  fphere, 

the  glorious  and  the  great, 
Brings  his  own  all-fufficience  there, 

to  make  ourblefs  complete.]} 

9.    Had  I  the  pinions  of  a  dove, 

I'd  climb  the  heav'nly  road  ; 
There  fits  my  Saviour  drefk  in  love, 

and  there  my  fmiling  Cod. 

XI.     The  fame. 

1 .  T  Send  the  joys  of  earth  away  ; 

J[    Away  ye  tempters  of  the  mind, 
Falfe  as  the  fmooth  deceitful  (ea> 
And  empty  as  the  whittling  wind* 

2.  Your  ft  reams  were  floating  me  along 
Down  to  the  gulf  of  black  defpair  ;  m 
And  whilft  I  liiten'd  to  your  fong, 

Your  ftreams  had  e'en  convey'd  me  there* 

3.  Lord,  I  adore  thy  matehlefs  grace, 
That  warn'd  me  of  that  dark  abyfs  * 
That  drew  me  from  thofe  treach'rows  &z$r 
And  bid  me  leek  fuperior  blif»» 

4.  Now  to  the  (hieing  realms  above 

I  ftretch  my  hands,  and  glance  mine  eyes; 
O  for  the  pinions  of  a  dove, 
To  bear  me  to  the  upper  ikies  ! 

5     There,  from  the  boforn  of  my  C&49 
Oceans  ef  endlefs  pleafures  roli  * 


i « 4  HtmJij      ***  Book  I  v 

Theie  would  I  fix  my  )ai\  abode, 
And  drown  the  iorrows  of  my  ibul. 


XII.  Chrifl     h  the   fub fiance  of  the  Levitical 

friephotd. 

1.  r  I  "'HE    true  Mcffiah  now  appears  .• 

A.         the  types  are  all  withdrawn  ; 
So  fly  the  (hadows  and  the  liars 
before  the  riling  dawn. 

2.  No  finoking  fweets,  nor  bleeding  lambs, 
nor  kitl  nor  bullock  llain  y 

Incenfe  and  fpice   of  coitly  names 
would  all  be  burnt  in  vain. 

3.  Aaron  muft  lay  his  robes  away, 
his  mitre  and  his  veft, 

When  Cod  himfelf  comes  down  to  be 
the  Offering  and  the  Pricir. 

4.  He  took  our  mortal  flefli  to  fhow 
the  wonders  of  his  love  ; 

For  us  lie  paid  his  life  below, 
and  prays  for  us  above. 

f.   Father,  he  cries;  forgive  their  fins, 

for  I  m\J  elf  have  dfd; 
And  then  he  fhows  his  open'd  veins, 

and  pleads  his  wounded  fide. 

XIII.  The  creation,  prefervaticn,  dijfslution,   and 

re  f) oration  of   this  world. 

I.QING   to  the  Lor d,  that  builr  the  ikies, 

>J  The  Lord  that  rear'd  the  ftately  frame  j 
Let  half  the  nations  found  his  praife, 
And  lands  unknown  repeat  his  name* 

2     He  foi  m'd  the  feas,  and  form'd  the  hfflsj 
4fftde  evVy  drop,  and  ev'ry  dtlft* 


! 


Book  Hi       Sri  it  ir  uj  g  s.  us 

Nature  ami  time,   with  all  t!u  ir  wheels, 
And  puuYd  them  into  motion  rirft. 

a,    Now,  from  bis  high  in;peii<<l  throne, 
He  looks  far  dov.  n  upon  the  fpheres  ; 
fie  bids  the  mining  orbs  roll  on, 
And  round  he  tutus   the  haiiy  \ears. 

4.  Tims  fhal)  tins  moving  engine  lafl 
'Till  all  his  faints  arc  gather'd   in  ; 
Then  for  the  trumpets  dreadful  blalt 
To  fJiake  it  all  to  dull  again  1 

5.  Yet,  when  the  found  mall  tenr  the  &te<, 
And  lightening  bum  the  globe  \  tlow, 
Saint?,  you  may  lift  your  joyful  eyes, 
There's  a  new  heav'n  and  earth  for  >cu, 


XIV7.   The  Lord'j  day  ;  or,  --f# 

i.TX  7Elcorae  fweet  day  of  reft, 
\  V     rnat  fnv  rne  tfird  arife  t 
Welcome  to  this  reviving  breaft, 
and  thefe    rejoicing  eyes  ! 

2.  The  King  hirafelf  comes  near, 
and  feails  his    faints  to-day  ; 

Here  we  may  fit,  and  fee  him  here, 
and  love,  and  praife,  and  pray. 

3.  One  day  amidll  the  place 
where  my  dear  Cod  hath  been, 

Is  Tweeter  than  ten  thoufaud  days 
of  pleafurable  fin. 

4.  My  willing  foul  would  ftay 
in  fuch  a  frame  as   this, 

And  fit,  and  fmg  herfelf  away 
to  evcrlalUng  blils. 


n6  Hymns     and  Book  IJ. 

XV.     The    enjoyment    of  Chrifl  ;   or,    delight  in 
worfhip. 

FAR  from  my  thoughts,  vain  world,  be  gone, 
Let  my  religious  hours  alone  ; 
Fain  would  my  eyes  my  Saviour  fee  ; 
I  wait  a  vifit,   Lord,  from  thee. 

2.   My  heart  grows  warm  with  holy  fire, 
And  kindles  with  a  pure  defire  ; 
Come,  my  dear    Jefus,   from  above, 
And  feed  my  foul  with  heav'nly  love. 

[;.   The  trees  of   life  immortal  (land 
In  flourifhing  rows  at  thy  right  hand, 
And  in  iweet  murmurs,  by  their  fide, 
Rivers  of  blifs   perpetual    glide. 

4.  Halle  then,   but  with  a  trolling  face, 
And  fpread  the  table  of  thy  grace  ; 
Bring  down  a  taite   of  truth  divine, 
And  chear  ray  heart  with  facred   wine!} 

5.  Blefs'd  Jsfus,    what  delicious  fare  I 
How  fweet  rhy  entertain ments  are  1 
Never  did  angels  taite  above 
Redeeming  grace  and  dying  love. 

6.  Hail,  great  Immamie-!,    all  divine  ! 
In  thee   thy  Father's  glories  (bine  : 
Thou  brighteft,  fweeteft,    faireft  One, 
That  eyes  have  fcen,  or  angels  known. 

XVI.    Part  the  fee  on  J. 

7.TT     OPT>,  what  a  heav'n  of  faving  grace 

1    a    onines  thro'  the  beauties   of  thy  face, 
And  lights  our  paifions  to  a  flame  ; 
Lord,  how  we  love  thy  charming  name  ! 

vhen  I  caa  fay,  My  Cod  is  mine, 
I  «U  feel  thy  glories  fiiine^ 


Book  II.         Spiritual     Songs.  117 

I   tread  the  world  beneath  my  feet, 
And  all  the  earth  calk  good  or  great. 

9.  While  fuch  afcene  of  facred   joys 
Our  raptur'd  eyes  and  fouls  employ*, 
Here  \vc  could  fit,  and  gaze   away, 
A  long',  an  everlafling  day. 

10.  Well,  we  mail  quickly  pafs  the  night 
To  the  fair  coaft  of  perfect  light  j 
Then  (hall  our  joyful  fenfes  rove 
O'er  the  dear  object  of  our  love. 

[it. There  fhall we  drink  full  draughts  of  blifs, 
And  pluck  new  life   from  heav'nly  trees  ! 
Yet,  now  and  then,  dear  Lord,   bellow 
A  drop  of  heav'n  on  worms  below. 

12.  Send  com.  w-^j  down  from  thy  right-band, 

While  we  pais        t>'  this  barren  land  ; 

And  in  thy  temple  let  us  fee 

A  glimpfe  of  love,  a  glimpfe  of  thee.] 

_ 1 — ■ 


XVII.     Gcd'j  eternity. 

1.  "f^  ISE,  rife  my  fbnl,  and  leave  the  ground* 
Jf\^  ltretch  all  my  thoughts  abroad, 

And  roufe  up  every  tnnefnl  found, 
to  praife  th'  eternal  Cod. 

2.  Long  ere  the  lofty  fkies  were  ipread, 
Jehovah  fil I'd  h\s  throne  j 

Or  dda?n  form'd,  or  angels  made, 
the  Maker  liv'd  alone*  : 

is  bound  lei  s  years  can  ne'er  de create, 
but  (till  maintain  their  prime  ; 
Etcrnit/*    .iwh    Tiling  place, 
and  Ever  is  his  time. 

4.  While  like  *  tide  our  minute's  flow, 
the  preferit  and  the  pair. 


n8  Hymns     and  Book  If. 

He  fills  liis  own  immortal  NOW, 
and  fees  our  ages  waile. 

5.  The  fea  and   fky  in  11  ft  perifh  too, 
and  vi. it  deftruciion  come  : 

The  creatures,  look,  how  old  they  grow, 
and  wait  their  fiery  doom  ! 

6.  Well,  let  the  lea  fhrink  all  away, 
and  flame  melt  down  the  ikies  j 

My  Cod  (hall  live  an  endlefs  day, 
when  th*  old  creation  dies. 

XVRI.     The  minlflry  of  angels. 

I .  T  TIGH  on  a  hill  of  dazzling  light 

I  JL  The  King  of  glory  fpreads  his  feat 
And  troops  of  angels,  llretcji.'**  for  flight, 
Stand  waiting  round  his  axf<^  feet. 

flf.*  Co,  fiith  the  Lord,  my  Cy^oriel,  go, 

Salute  the  virgin's  fruitful  wmb  ; 
f  Make  ha'ie,  ye,  cherubs,  down  below, 
Sing  and  proclaim  the  Saviour  ctrne. 

3.  \  Here  a   bright  fquadron  leaves  the  fkies> 
And  thick  around  Eiifha  Hands  \ 

Anon  a  heav'nly  foldier  flies, 

\  And  breaks  the  chains  from  Peter's  hands, 

4.  Thy  winged  troops,  O  Cod  of  hofts, 
Wait  on  thy  wand'ring  church  below  ; 
Here  we  are  failing  to  thy  coafts. 

Let  angels  be  our  convoy  too. 

5.  **  Are  they  not  all  thy  fervants,  Lord* 
At  thy  command  they  go  and  come  ,- 
With  chearful  haite  obey  thy  word, 

And  guard  thy  children  to  their  home, 

•  Luke   u   26.    i  Luke  ii,    13.     *    2  Kings  vi.  »7«     *    Afts 
aft.?.     ••  Heb.  i,  14. 


Book  II.         Sri  ritual    Songs  119 

XIX.      Our  frail  bodies ,  and  God    our  preferver. 

1.  T"      ET  others  boa  ft;  how  itrong  they  be, 

j      nor  death  nor  danger  fear  ; 
But  we'll  confeis,  O  Lord,  to  thee, 
what  feeble  tilings  we  are. 

2.  Frefli  as  the  graft  our  bodies  (land, 
and  flourilh  bright  and  gay  ; 

A  blatting  wind  fweeps  o'er  the  land, 
and  fades  the  grais  away. 

3.  Oui  life  contains  a  thoufand  fprings, 
and  dies  if  one  be  gone  : 

Strange  !  that  a  harp  of  thoufand  firings 
fhould  keep  in  tune  f©  long. 

4.  But  'tis  our  Cod  iuppovts  our  frame, 
the  Cod  that  built  us  firrt  ; 

Salvation  to  th'  almighty  name 
that  rear'd  us  from  the  dult, 

£5,  He   fpoke,  and    ftraight    our  hearts   and 
in  all  their  motions  rofe  ,-  [[brains 

Let  blood,  faid  he,  flow  round  the  veins, 
and  round  the  veins  it  flows. 

6.  While  we  have  breath,  or  ufc  our  tongues, 

our  Maker  we'll  adore  ; 
His  Spirit  moves  our  heaving  lungs, 

or  they  would  breathe  no  more.] 

XX.     BackfltdiMgs  and   returns  ;  or, the  iftetn* 
flancy  of  our  love. 

I.  \T7^Y  is  my  heart  fo  far  from  thee, 

V  V       my  God,  my  chief  delight  i 
Why  are  my  thoughts  no  more  by  day 
with  thee,  no  more  by  night  i 

[2.  Why  fhould  my  foolifh  paffion  rove  ? 
where  can  fuck  fweetnefs  be, 


i2o  H  v  •!  :;    ■       *p4  Rook  if 

A«i  I  have  tailed  in  thy  love, 
as  I  havr  found  in   thee  r] 

3.  When  my  forgetful  foul  renews 

the  favour  of  thy  gra< -e, 
My  heart  pjretunicjj  I  cannot  iofe 
the  reiiih  all  my  days. 

4.  But  ere  one  fleeting  hour  is  pafr. 
the  rlatt'ring  world  employs 

Some  (en  fa  a  1  bait  toftize  my  ta(l#, 
and  to  pollute  my  joys. 

£5.   Trifles  of  nature,  or  of  art, 

with  fair  deceitful  charms, 
Intrude  into  my  tl  ougblefs  heart, 

and  thru  ft  me  from  thy  arms.]] 

6.  Then!  repent  and  vex  my  foul 

that  I  mould  leave  thee  io  ; 
Where  will  thofe  wild  affections  roil 

that  let  a   Saviour  go  ? 

[7.  Sins  promised  joys  are  tun'd  to  pain, 

and  I  amdrown'd  iu  grief; 
But  my  dear  Lord  returns  again, 

he  flies  to  my  relief; 

8.  Seizing  my  foul  with  fweet  furprife, 

he  draws  with   loving  bands  ; 
Divine  companion's  in  his  eyes, 

and  pardon  in  Ids  hands. J 

[o>  Wretch  that  I  am,  to  wonder  thus 

in  chafe  of"  falfe  delight  \ 
Let  me  be  falien'd  to  thy  crofs, 

rather  than  lofe  thy  fight.] 

£ro.  Make  hafte,  my  days,  to  reach  the  goal, 

and  bring  my  heart  10  itfl 
On  the  dear  cenrre  of  my  foul, 
•my  Cod}  my  Saviour's  breaft/] 

i 


Book  II.         Spiritual   Songs.  lat 

XXI.   A  fong  of  praife  to  God    the  Redeemer. 

I.T     ET  the  old  heathens  tnne   their  fong 

J j    Of  great  Diana  and  of  Jove  ; 

But  the  fwcet  theme  that  moves  my  tongue 
Is  ray  Redeemer  and  his  love. 

2.  Behold  !  a  Cod  defcends  and  dies, 
To  fave  my  foul  from  gaping  hell. 
How  the  black  gulph,  where  fatan  lies, 
Yawn'd  to  receive  me  when  I  fell  ! 

3.  How  jullice  frown'd,    and  vengeance  flood 
To  drive  me  down  to  endlefs  pain  ! 

But  the  great  Son  propos'd  his  blood, 
And  heav'nly  wrath  grew  mild  again. 

4.  Infinite  lover,  gracious  Lord, 
To  thee  be  endlefs  honours  giv'n  ; 
Thy  wond'rous  name  (hall  be  ador'd, 
Round  the  wide  earth,  and  wider  heav'n. 

XXII.      With  God    is  terrible  Maje fly. 

1.  rr>ERRiSLE  God,    that  reign'li  on    high, 

I        How  awful  is  thy  thurid'ring  hand  1 
Thy  fiery  bolts,  how  fierce  they  fly  ! 
Nor  can  all  earth  or  hell  withltand, 

2.  This  the  old  rebel  angels  knew, 
And  fatan  fell  beneath  thy  frown  : 
Thine  arrows  (truck  the  traitor  thro* 
And  weighty  vengeance  funk  him  down* 

5.  This  Sodom  felt,  and  feels  it  dill, 
And  roars  beneath  th*  eternal  load. 

With  endlefs  burning:  who  cau  dwell , 
Or  bear  the  fury  of  a  God  i 

4.  Tremble,  ye  hnners,  and  fubmit, 
Throw  down  your  arms  before  his  throne* 
M 


132  Hymns     and  Book  l\ 

Bend  your  bends    low  beneath  his  feet, 
Or  his  ilrong  hands  dial]  crufh  you  down. 

5.  And  ye,  blefs'd  faints,  that    love  him  too, 
With  rev'rence  bow  before  his  name  ; 
Thus  all  his  heav*nly  fervants  do. 
Cod  is  a  bright  and  burning  flame. 


XXIII.      The  fight  of  God    and  Chriit  in  heaven. 

1.  |H\escend  from  heav'n,    immortal  Dove, 
jLy   Stoop  down  and  take  us  on  thy  wings, 

And  mount  and  bear  us  far  above 
The  reach  of  thefe  inferior  things, 

2.  Beyond,  beyond  this  lower  iky, 
Up  where  eternal  ages  roll, 
Where  folld  pleafures  never  die, 
And  fruits  immortal  feafl  the  foul. 

3.  O  for  a  fight,  a  pleafing    fight, 
Of  our  almighty  Father's  throne  ! 
There  fits  our  Saviour  crown'd  with  light, 
Cloath'd  in  a  body  like  our  own. 

4.  Adoring  faints  around  him  (land, 
And  thrones  and  pow'rs  before  him  fall  : 
The  God  mines  gracious  thro'  the  man, 
And  ftieds  fvveet  glories  on  them  all  ! 

5.  O  what  amazing  joys  they  feel, 
While  to  their  golden  harpf  the}  fing, 
And  fit  on  ev'ry  neav'nly  hill, 

And  fpread  the  triumphs  of  their  King  I 

6.  When  (hall  the  day,  dear  Lord,  appeur 
Thai  I  (hall  mount  to  dwell  above, 

And  Itand  and  bow  atnongit  'em  there, 
And  view  thy  face,  and  ling,  and  love  I 


Book  II.         SrmiTVAL    Songs.  i25 

XXIV.      The   evil   of  fin   -vlfble    in    the  fall  of 
angel 3  and  men. 

WHEN  the  great  Builder  arch'd    the  ikies, 
And  form'd  all  nature    with  a  word, 
Tiie  joyful  cherubs  tun'd  his  praife, 
And  ev'jy  bending  throne  ador'd. 

2.  High  in  the  midlt  of  all  the  throng, 
Satan,  a  tall  arch- angel,   fat  ; 
*  Amongtt  the  morning- liars  he  fung, 
'I  ill  fin  deitroy'd  his  heav'iily  itate. 

[3.  'Twas  fin  that  hurl'd  him  from  his  throne  j 
Grov'ling  in  fire  the  rebel  lies  ; 

f  How  art  thou  funk  in  darknejs  down, 
Son  of  the  morning,  from   the   Jkies  /] 

4.  And  thus  our  two  firit  parents  itood, 
'Till  fin  denTd  the  happy  place  ; 
They  loit  their  garden  and  their   Cod, 
And  ruin'd  all  their  unborn  race* 

[5.   So  fprung  the  plague  from  Adam\  bow'r, 
And  fpread  deftrutftion  all  abroad, 
Sin,  the  curs'd  name,  that  in  one  hour 
Spoil'd  fix  days  labour  of  a  God.] 

6.  Tremble,  my  foul,  and  mourn  for  grief, 
Tii at  fuch  a  foe  mould  feize  thy  breaft  ; 
Fly  to  thy  Lord  for  quick  relief  : 

Oh  !  may  he  flay  this  treach'rous  gueft. 

7.  Then  to  thy  throne,  victorious  King, 
Then  to  thy  throne  our  fhouts  ihall  rife  ; 
Thine  everlafting  arm  we  ling, 

For  fin,  the  raoniter,  bleeds  and  dies, 

■  ■    —  ■  f  ^ 

XXV.  Complaining  of  jpiritual  Jloth. 

I.X  yCY    drowfy  pow'rs,  why  fleep  ye  fo  ? 
JLVJL      awake,  my  iluggim  foul  i 

•  Job  xxxviii.  7.  f  Iia.  xiy.  12, 


1*4  Hymks      and  Book  II. 

Nothing  has  half  thy  work  to  do, 
yet  nothing's  half  fo  dull. 

3.   The  little  ants,  for  one  poor  grain, 

labour,  and  tug,  and  drive  ; 
Yet  we  who  have  a  heav'n  t' obtain, 

how  negligent  we  lire  ! 

3.  We,  for  whole  fake  all  nature  Hands, 
and  (tars  their  courles  move  ; 

We,  for  whole  guard  the  angel-bands 
come  flying  from  above  ; 

4.  We,  for  whom  Cod  the  Son  came  down, 
and  labour'd   for  our  good, 

How  carlels  to  fecnre  that  crown 
lie  purchas'd  with  his  blood  ! 

5.  Lord,  lhall  we  live  fo  fluggim  ftill, 
and  never  act  our  parts  ! 

Come,  holy  Dove,  from  th*  heav'nly  hill, 
and  fit  and    warm  our  hearts. 

6.  Then  lhall  our  active  fpirits  move, 
upward  our  fouls  (hall  rift?  : 

With  hands  of  faith  and  wings  of  love 
we'll  fly  and  take  the  prize. 


1 


XXV  L     God    invifihle. 

ORD,   we    are  blind,   we,  mortals  blind., 
vVe  can't  behold  ihy  bright  abode  ; 


O  'tis  beyond  a  oe*ture  mittd, 

To  glance  a  thought  halfway  to  God. 

2.  Infinite  leagues  beyond  th*  iky, 
The  great  Eternal  reignS  alone, 
Where  neither  wings  nor  fouls  can  flv^ 
Nor  angeh  climb  the  toplefs  throue, 

3.  The  Lord  of  glory  buikts  bis  feat 
V?f  gems  inf«fl'ti\ibly   brio  \ 


Book  II.       Spiritual  Song  3*  125 

And  lays  beneath  his  facred  feet 
Subftamial  beams  of  gloomy  night, 

4.  Yet,  glorious  Lord,  thy  gracious  eyes 
Look  through  and  chear  us  from  above  j 
Beyond  our  praife  thy  grandeur  flies, 
Yet  we  adore,  and  yet  we  love, 

XXVII.       Praife  ye   h'n?i,     all  his     tingeis} 
PfaL    cxlviii.   2. 

i;    f^\  OD  !"  the  eternal  awful  name, 

V_J   That  the  whole  heav'nly  army  fears, 
That  makes  the  wide  creation's  frame, 
And  fatan  trembles  when  he  hears  ; 

2.  Like  flames  of  fire  his  fervants  are, 
And  light  furrounds  his  dwelling  piace  ; 
But,  O  ye  fiery  flames,   declare 

The   brighter  glories  of  his  face. 

3.  'Tis  not  for  fuch  poor  worms  as  we 
To  fpeak  fo  infinite  a  thing  ; 

Hut  your  immortal  eyes  furvey 

The  beauties  of  your  fov'reign  King  ; 

4.  Tell  how  he  mews  his  fmiling  face, 
And  deaths  all  heaven  in  bright  array  j 
Triumph  and  joy  run  tLrough  the  place,, 
And  fongs  eternal  as  the  day* 

*.  Speak  (for  you  feel  his  burning  love) 
What  zeal  it  fpreads  thro'  all  your  frame  .; 
That  facred  fire  dwells  all  above, 
For  we  on  earth  have'Ioit  the  name, 

[6.  Siiio-  of  his  pow'r  end  juftice  too^ 
That  infinite  right-hand  of  his, 
Thar  vaiujuiuYd  fatan  and  his  crew, 
And  thunder  drofethem  down  tram  bli&T 
M  1 


126  H  y  m  s  s      an  J  Bobft 

[7,  What  mighty  llorms  of  poiioh'd  dart* 
Were  huiTd  upon  the  rebels  there  ! 
What  deadly  jav'liiis  wailed  their  hearts 
Fart  to  the  racks  of  lojvg  defpair  !] 

[8.  Shout  to  your  Kino;,  you  heav'nly  ho(t  ,. 
You  that  beheld  the  Bilking  foeT 
(Firmly  ye  (tood  when  they  were  loft  J 
"Praife  the  rich  grace  that  kept  ye  ih  \ ] 

fr.  Proclaim  hts  wonders  from  the  fkies  j; 
Let  evVy  diftant  nation  hear  „ 
And  while  you  found  his  lofty  praile> 
Lrt  h amble  mortals  bow  arid  fear. 

XXVIII-     Death  and  eternity*. 

i.  r<  TOOP  down,my  thoughts,that  ufc  to  rife* 
^j      converfc  a  while  with  death  : 

Think  how  a  gafping  mortal  lies, 
and  pants  away  his  breath  : 

2.  HiscjuivVing  ttp  hangs  feeble  down, 

his  pulfes  faint  and  .few,. 
Then  fpeechlefs,  with  a  doleful  groan 

he  bids  the  world  adieu., 
ji   But  oli,  the  foul  that  never  dies  I 

at  once  it  leaves  the  clay  ! 
Ye    noughts  purfue  it  where  it  flies,, 

and  track  its  wond'rous  way. 

4.  Up  to  the  courts  where  angels  d 

il  mounts  triumphing  there  -> 
Or  devils  plunge  it  down  to  hell,. 

in  infinite  defpair.. 
£  And  mult  my  body  faint  and  die  J       h 

and  mull  this  foul  remove  ? 
Oh,  for  fome  guardian-angel  nigh; 

to  bear  it  fafe  above  ! 


6.    Jc/hs,  totbv  dear  failhfbl  hand 

my  naked  foul  I  tru(c  ; 
And  my  rlcih  waits  for  thy  connnauJ, 

to  drop  into  my  cliift. 

XXIX-      Redemption  by  price  and  power* 

1.  TESUS,   with  all  thy  faints  above 
r-J       my  tongue  would  bear  her  part. 

Would  (ootid  aloud  thy  laving  loie, 
and  ling  thy  bleeding  heart. 

2.  BltiVd  be  the  Lamb,  my  deared  Lordr 
who  bono  heme  with  h  is  blood, 

And  qnench'd  Iris  father  9  flaming  AvorC 
in  his  own  vital  flood  y 

j.   Tlve  Lamb  that  freed  my  captive  foul 

from  fatan's  heavy   chains,. 
And  fent  the  lion   down  to  howl 

where  hell  and  horror  reigns* 

4.   All  glory  to  the  dying  Larnb> 

and  uever-ceaflng  p.raiie> 
While  angels  live  to  know  his  name, 

or  faints  to  feel  his  mace- 

o 

XXX.      Heavenly  /oy  on  earth. 

If.     ^>OxME,  we  that  love  the  Lord> 

V^;    and  let  our  joy  be  known,, 
join  in  a  fong  with  lweet  accord,, 
and  thus  f unround  the  throne* 

2.  The  fbrrows  of  tire  mind 
be  banifrfd  from  tl;e  place  L 

Religion  never  was-defign'd 
to  make  our  plea  lures  Ufs.  J 

3.  Let  thofe  refuie  to  ling 
that  never  knew  our  Cod  $ 


Ii#  Hymns      and  Book   II. 

But  favVites  of  the  heav'nly  King, 
may  fpeak  their  joys  abroad. 

[4.  The  God  that  rules  on  high, 
and  thunders  when  he  pleafe, 
That  ricks  upon  the  flormy  fkv> 
and  manages  the  Teas.]  *> 

5.  This  awful  God  is  ours, 
our  father  and  our  love  i 

He  fliail  fend  down  his  heav'nly  pow'rf 

to  carry  us  above,  v 

6.  There  we  /hall  fee  his  face, 
and  never,  never  fin; 

There,  from  the  rivers  of  his  grace, 
drink  endlefs  pleafures  in. 

7.  Yes,  and  before  we  rile 
to  that  immortal  Mate, 

The  thoughts  of  fuch  amazing  b!iii 
fiould  con  It  ant  joys  create* 

f8.  The  men  of  grace  have  found 
glory  begun  below  ; 
Celeftial  fruits,  on  earthly  ground, 
from  faith  and  hope  may  grow, 

9.  The  hill  of  Sicn  yields 
a  thou  f  and  facred  fweets, 

Before  we  reach  the  heav'nly  fields, 
or  walk  the  golden  rtreets. 

10,  Then  1et  our  fongs  abound, 
and  cy'rv  tear  be  dry  ; 

We're  marching  thro'  ImvianueP*  ground 
to  fairer  worlds  on  high] 


XXXI.     Chriftt* prefenct  makis  death  eafy. 

WH  Y  OiouW  we  (tart  and  fear  to  die  I 
Wiiat  tinVrotu  womii  we  mortals  aac 


Book  II.     Spiritual     Songs.       129 

Death  is  the  gate  of  endlefs  joy, 
And  yet  we  dread  to  enter  there. 

2.  The  pains,  the  groans,  and  dying  ftrife, 
Fright  our  approaching  fouls  away  ; 

Still  we  flirink  back  again  to  life, 
Fond  of  our  prifon  and  our  clay. 

3.  Oh  !  if  my  Lord  would  come  and  meet, 
My  foul  (hould  Itretch  her  wings  in  haite, 
FJy  fearlefs  thro'  death's  iron  gate, 

Nor  feel  tiie  terrors  as  ihe  pafs'd. 

4«  J* fi**  can  make  a  dying  bed 
Feel  foft  as  downy  pillars  are, 
While  on  his  breall  I  lean  my  head, 
And  breath  my  life  out  fweetly  there. 

XXXII.     Frailty  and  folly. 

i.TTOW  fhortancfhafty  hour  life! 

I    I      how  raft  our  ibuh  affaire  1 
Yet  fenfeleis  mortal*  vainly  ttrive 

«o  larith  out  their  years.'. 

2.  Our  days  run  thouglultfsly  along, 

without  a  moments  ftay  ; 
J u(l  like  a  iicry  or  a  fong 

we  pais  our  lives  away. 

;.   Cod  from  on  high  invites  us  home, 

but  we  inarch  heedlels  on  ; 
And,  ever  hali'uing  to  tiie  tomL, 

itoop  downwards  ;is  we  run. 

4.  How  we  defer ve  rite  deepeft  hell, 
that  flight  the  jays  abo>e  I 

What  change  of  vengeance  ihculd  we  feel 
that  break  fuch  ecrds  of  love  [ 

i .    Draw  tn  O  Cvd>   witli  fov'reign  grace, 
lift  our  thoughts  on  hiiJk, 


13°  H  Y  m  n  5   */;</  Book  II. 

That  ivc  may  end  this  mortal  race, 
and  fee  falvation  nigh. 

XXXIII .     The  bleffcdfociety  in  Heaven. 

r.  T^  AISE  thee,  my  foul,  fly  up  and  run 
JQV^      thro*  ev'ry  heavily  ftreet, 

And  lay,  there's  nought  below  the  fun 
that's  worthy  of  thy  feet. 

£2.  Thus  will  we  mount  on  facred  wings, 

and  tread  the  courts  above  : 
Nor  earth,  nor  all  her  mightier!  things, 

(hall  tempt  our  meaneft  love. 3 

3.  There,  on  a  high  majeftic  throne, 
th*  almighty  Father  reigns, 

And  (beds  his  glorious  goodnefs  down 
on  allth«  blifsful  plains. 

4.  Bright,  like  a  fun,  tlffe  Saviour  fits, 
and  fpreads  eternal  noon  : 

No  ev'nings  there,  nor  gloomy  nights, 
to  want  the  feeble  moon. 

5.  Amidft  thofe  ever-mining  fkies 
behold  the  facred  Dove, 

While  banihYd  hn  and  forrow  flies 
from  all  th'  realms  of  love, 

6.  The  glorious  tenants  of  the  place 
Hand  bending  round  the  throne  ; 

And  faints  and    feraphs  fing  ~nd  praife 
the  infinite  Three-One. 

[7.  But  oh,  what  beams  of  heav'nly  grace 

tranfport  them  all  the  while  ! 
Ten  thoufand  fmiles  from  Jcfus  face, 

and  love  in  ev'ry  fmile  !] 
8,  Jefus,  and  when  fhall  that  dear  day, 

that  joyful  hour,  appear, 


Book  IT.      Spiritual    S  o  n-  g  s.       i?i 

W?ien  I  (hall  leave  this  houfe  of  clay, 
to  dwell  amongft  'em  there  ? 

XXXI V\     Breathing    after   the  holy  Spirit  ;   or, 
ferver.:y  of  devotion  d: fired, 

i./^tOME,  holy  Spirit,  heav'nly  Dove, 
V__>      with  all  thy  quick'ning  pow'rs, 

Kindle  a  flame  of  (acred  love 
in  thefe  cold  hearts  of  ours. 

2.  Look  how  we  grovel  here  below, 
fond  of  thefe  trifling  toys  ; 

Our  Couls  cau  neither  fly    nor  go 
to  reach  eternal  joys. 

3.  In  vain  we  tune  our  formal  fongs, 
in  vain  we  drive  to  rife  ; 

Hodinnas  languifh  on  our  tongues, 
and  our  devotion  dies. 

4.  Dear  Lord!  and  (hall  we  ever  lire 
at  this  poor  dying  rate  ? 

Our  love  fo  faint,  fo  cold  to  thee, 
and  thine  to  us  €0  great  ? 

c.  Come,  holy  Spirit,  heav'nly  Dove, 

with  all  thy  quick'ning  pow'rs, 
Come,  fhed  abroad  a  Saviour's  love, 

and  that  mail  kindle  ours. 


XXXV.  Praifs  to  G od   for  creation  aniredemp* 


tion. 


I.T     ET  them  neglect  thy  glory,  Lord, 
1   ji      who  never  knew  thy  grace  ; 

But  our  loud  fong  (hall  itill  record 
the  wonders  of  thy  praiCe. 

2.  We  raife  our  thouts,  O  God,  to  thee, 
and  fend  them  to  thy  throne  ; 


T$2  H  y  m  k  s     and  Book  II. 

All  glory  to  tli1  United  Three, 
the  Undivided  One* 

3.  'Twas  he   (and  we'll  adore  his  name) 
that  form'd  us  by  a  word  ; 

'Tis  he  reftor'd  our  ruin'd  frame  : 
falvation  to  the  Lord, 

4.  Hofanna  !   let  the  earth  and  /kies 
repeat  the  joyful  found  ; 

Rocks,  hills,  and  vales,  reflect  the  voice 
in  one  eternal  round. 

XXXVI.     Clirift'j  interceflion. 

I.TT7ELL,  the  Redeemer's  gone 
V V       K  appear  before  a  Cod  ; 
To  fprin kl£ o'er  tne  flaming  throne 
with   his  attoning  blood. 

2.  No  fiery  rengeance  now, 

no  burning  wrath  comes  down  • 
If  jultice  calls  for  finners  blood, 
the  Saviour  (hews  his  own. 

3.  Before  his  Father's  eye 
our  humble  fuit  he  moves  ; 

The  Father  lays  the  thunder  by, 
and  looks,  and  fmiles,  and  loves. 

4.  Now  may  our  joyful  tongues 
our  Maker's  honour  fing  : 

Jefus,  the  Pricft,  receives  our  fbngs, 
and  bears  'em  to  the  King. 

£  j.  We  bow  before  his  face, 
and  found  his  glories  high  ; 
(<  Hofanna  to  the  God  of  Grace 
"  that  lays  his  thunder  by. J 

6.  u  On  earth  thy  mercy  reigns, 
"  and  triumphs  all  above  :" 


Book  IT.         Spiritual   Songs  rj$ 

But,  Lord,  how  weak  our  mortal  drains 
to  fpeak  immortal  love  ! 

[7.   How  jarring,  and  how  low, 
are  all  the  notes  we  fmg  ! 
Sweet  Saviour,  tune  our  Tongs  anew, 
and  they  (hall  pleafe   the  King.] 


XXXVII.      The  famu 

X.T     IFT    up  your  eyes  to  th'  heav'nly  feat 
I j      where  your  Redeemer  (lays; 

Kind  Interceffbr,  there  he  fits, 
and  loves,  and  pleads,  and  prays. 

2.  'Twas  well,  my  foul,  he  dy'd  for  thee, 
and  (lied  his  vital  blood, 

Appeas'd  (tern  juftice  on  the  tree, 
and  then  arole  to  Cod. 

3.  Petitions  now,  and  praife  may  rife, 
and  faints,  their  ofPrings  bring  ; 

The  Prieit,  with  his  own  facrifice, 
preients  them  to  the  King. 

£4.  Let  papifts  truft  what  names  they  pleife, 

their  faints  and  angels  boaft  ; 
We've  no  fuch  advocates  as  thefe, 

nor  pray  to  th'  heav'nly  hoft.] 

5.  Jefus  alone  (hall  bear  my  cries 

up  to  his  Father's  throne  : 
He  (deareft  Lord  f)  perfumes  my  fighs, 

and  fweetens  ev'ry  groan. 

[6.  Ten  thouiand  praifes  to  the  King, 

Hofanna  in  the  high* ft  ; 
Ten  thoufaud  thanks  our  fpirits  bring 

to  Cod  and  to  his   Chriji.] 
N 


154  Hymns   and  Book  II. 

XXXVIII.     Love  to    Cod. 
I.TTAPPY  the  heart  where  graces  reign, 

J    i      where  love   infpires  the  hreali  : 
Love  is    the  brighteil  of   the  train, 

and  ilrengthens  all  the   reft. 

2.  Knowledge,  alas  !   'tis  all  in  vain, 
and  all  in  vain  our  fear  ; 

Our  ftubhorn  (Ins  will  fight  and  reign, 
if  love  be  abfent  there. 

3.  'Tis  love  that  makes  our  chearful  feet 
in   fwift  obedience  move  ; 

The  devils  know,  and  tremble  too, 
but  fatan  cannot  love. 

4.  This  is  the  grace  that  lives  and  Grigs. 
when  faith  and  hope  (hall  ceafe-  ; 

*Tis  this  (hall  ftrike  our  joyful  itrings 
in  the  fweet  r'alms  of  blifs. 

5.  Before  we  quite  for  fake  our  clay, 
or  leave  this  dark  abode, 

The  wings  of  love  bear  us  away 
to  fee  our  fmiiing  God. 

XXXIX.     The  fhortnefs  and  ?nifery  of  life. 

I./^XUR   days,  alas  !   our  mortal  days, 
V^7      are  fliort  and   wretched  too  ; 

Evil  and   feiVy*  th 5  patriarch  fays, 
and  weil  the  patriarch  knew. 

2.    'Tis  but  at  be  ft  a  narrow  bound 

that  heav'n  allows  to  men  ; 
Atid  pains  and  (ins   run  thro'   the  round 

of  threefcore  years  and  ten. 

2.  Well,  if  ye  muft  be  fad  and  few, 
run  on,  my  days,  in  hafte  ; 

en.  xlvii,  9. 


Book  II.         Spiritual    Songs.  135 

lentsof  fin,  and  months  of  woe, 
ye  cannot  fly  too  frit. 

4.   L^t  heav'ri'y  love  prepare  my  foul,  v 

1   to  the  ikies, 
e  u!  s  of  Ioj  ;icn  roll, 

•  av  .1  g  [02  y  nei  tr  vies. 

XL.  //^    tts    covenant     ; 

Ch 

1.  /^Uil  6".  ^andsjp 
vj'      ev'.i                                  is  face ! 

Ki?  :iuits  in  our  R  ..nUs 

Iiis  glory  and  his  grace. 

2.  Then  why,  my  foul,  thefe   fad  complaints, 
fince  Chrlj't  and  we  are  one  ? 

Thy  Cod  is  faithful  to  his  faints, 
is  faithful  to  his  Sen. 

3.  Beneath  his  fmiles  my  heart  has  liv'd, 
and  part  of  heav'n  pcffeis'd  ; 

I  praiie  his  name   for  grace  received, 
and  truil  him  for  the  reft, 

1    -"  J"" 
XLI.   A  fight  of  God  z$g@$fc  us  to    the   world. 

£l«T  TP  to  the  fields  where  angds  lie, 
\^J    And  living  waters  gently  roil, 
Fain  would  my  thoughts  leap  out  and  fly, 
But  fin  hangs  heavy  on  my  foul. 

2.  Thy  pond 'reus  blood,  dear  dying  Chrift, 
Can-make  this  world  of  guilt  remove  ; 
/nd  thou  cjn'll  bear  me  ,vhere  *bou  fly 'it, 
On  thy  kind  wings,  teleitial  Dove  ! 

3.  O  night  I  once  mount  np  and  fee 
The  glories  of  th'  eternal  ikies, 

What  little  things  thefe  worlds  would  be  f 
Kow  defpicable  to  my  eyes  .?] 

N  2 


136  Hymns     and  Book  II- 

4.  Had  I  a  glance  of  thee,  my  God> 
Kingdoms  and  men  would  vanifh  foon, 
Vanifh,  as  tho'  I   faw  'em  not, 

As  a  dim  candle  dies  at  noon. 

5.  Then  they  might  fight  and  rage,  and  rave, 
I  mould  perceive  the  noife  no  more 

Than  we  can  hear  a  (baking  leaf 
While  rattling  thunders  round  us  roar* 

6.  Great  All  in  All,  eternal  King, 
Let  me  but  view  thy  lovely  face, 
And  all  my  pow'rs  mail  bow  and  Cmg 
Thine  endleis  grandeur  and  thy  grace. 

XLII.     Delight  in  God. 

J,A/T^   ^6C*'  wnat  en^^e^  plea fures  dwell 
XVX      above  at  thy  right-hand  ! 

The  courts  below,  how  amiable, 
where  all  thy  graces  itand  ! 

a.  The  f wallow  near  thy  temple  lies, 

and  chirps  0  c  hear  fill  note  ; 
The  lark  mounts  upwards  tow'rd  thy  ikies, 

and  tunes  her  warbling  throat. 

3.  And  we,  when  in  thy  pretence,  hordy 
we  moot  with  joyful  tongues  ; 

Or  (itting  round  our  Father's  board, 
we   crown  the  lea  ft  with  longs* 

4.  While    J- fits  mines  with  quick'ning  grace, 
we  ling  and  mount  on  high  ; 

But  if  a  frown  becloud  his  t  ice, 
we  faint  and  tire,  and  die. 

£5.  Juft  as  we  fee  the  lonefome  dove 

bemoan  her  widow 'd  (late, 
Wand'ring,  fhe  flics  thro1  all  the  grove, 

and  mourns  her  loving  mate. 


B  ^rk  II.      Spiritual    Songs.       1:7 

6.  Juit  fo  our  t  1  oughts     i<u,r.  r'i»  ig  to  U 
in  re (t lei s  c  ; 

.»  t  >ie  wipgjj 

hi\e.J 

■  m 1 '  1111   -  11— n 

XLIil.  Cio  9rjm 

I.'TW  TO^V  for  a  tu.^e  of  lofty 

JL^I     To  gren.c    Jthnval  :'s  equal  So:«  1 
Awake,  mv  vi  ict  ,   ia  b&iv'iihj  : 
Teli  the   luud  wonders  lie  hath  doin 

2.   Sin^,  how  he  It  ft  toe  worlds  of    ligtufj 
And  the  brio  lit  roots  h<:  ty<  re    above  * 
How  fvtift  and   jo"ful  »vas  his  flight 
On  wings  of  everlasting  love. 

[;.    Down  to  this  bale.  |his  iinrul  earth, 
He  came  to  raiie  onr  nature  h\  .■ 
He  carne  t 'atone  almighty  w     »tl    : 
J-fus,  the  God,  was  bora  to 

^4.  Hell  and  its  lions  roavV  around  ; 
H!s  precious  blood  the  monfter  t^iit, 
While  weight}  icirows  preis'd  him  ci  >wn^ 

Large  as  the  ioadP**f  all  6\ir  g^'it.j 

5.  Deep  in  the  Shades  of  gloom  >  death 
T  i'  almighty  Captive  pris'ner  \<\\  ; 
TJi'  al  ai  rh  ;   Captive  left  the  earth, 
Aud  ro'e  to  everlailing  day. 

6.  Lift  tip  yonr  eyes,  ye  (bns  of  tight; 
Up  to  lis  throne  of  flunjag  grace, 
See  what  tir?  mortal  glories  ftr 
Round  the  iweet  b*ft«t?es  or    his  ta<  t-  \ 

\moiigft  a  thoofand  hu.s    arid  ul^s 
fe/ui,  the  God.  e£aked  reigns  ; 
His   fa  c  ltd  itanle  fillsa'    their  tr««:-ues? 
vad  echoes  thro*    the  '     it'nij  pla,U 

^    >     - 


139  H  T  m  w  s       and  goofc  If. 

XLIV.   H:ll  i   or,    /.4*  vengjance  of  God. 

V V     The  dreadful  £0;/  our  fouls  a  dure  J 
Rev'renee  and  awe  become   the  tongue 
That  fpeaks  the  terrors  of  his  pow'r. 

a.   Far  in  the  deep  where  darkneis    d\vel!sP 
The  land  of  horror  and  defpa-ir, 
Juftice  has  built  a  difmal  hell, 
And  laid  her  ftcrres  of  vengeance  there^ 

£3.   Eternal  plagues,  and  heavy  chains,? 
Tormenting  racks,  and  fiery  coals, 
And  darts  t'infiict  immortal' pains, 
Dyec]  in  the  blood  of  damned  fouls. 

4.  There  Satan  the  flrfl:  finner  lies, 
And  roars  and  bites  his  iron  bands;  ** 
In  vain  the  rebel  itrives  to  rife r 

Crufh'd  with  the  weight  of  both  thy  hands,  jj 

5.  There  guilty  ghofts  of  Adam's  race 
Shriek  out,  and  howl  beneath  thy  rod  ; 
Once  they  could  fcorn  a  Saviour's  grace,. 
But  they  incens'd  a  dreadful  God* 

6\  Tremble,  my  foul,  and  kifs  the  Son  ; 
Sinner,  obey  thy  Saviour's  call  ; 
Elfe  your  damnation  battens  on, 
And  hell  gapes  wide  to  wait  your  fall. 
1  '  ■  1      1      ■. 

XLV.     God's  condefconfiotrto  our  worjhip. 

1.  r  I^HY  favours,  Lordy  fnrprifeour  fouls  ^ 

l_      Will  the  Eternal  dwell  with  us  f 
What  can'ft  thou  find  beneath  the  polesr 
To  temp  thy  ckariot  downward  thus  I 

2.  Still  might  he  fill  his  ftarry  throne, 
And  plea(e  his  ears  with  Gabriel's  fongsf 
But  th*  heav'nly  Majefty  comes  down, 
And  bows  to  -acarkeiv  to  our  tongues 


' 


Book  IT.       Spiritual     Sokcs.         i^ 

J.  G  «  at  God  !   what  poof  returns  we  pay 
For  love  fo  infinite  as  thine  ? 
Words  are  bur  air,  and  tongues  but  clay  ; 
Sut  thy  companion's  all  divine. 

X L VI .      God's    condsfccnfic n    to  hn man  affairs , 

I.  T   TP  to  the  Lord,   that  reigns  on  high, 

V^J    And  views  the  nations  from  afaiy 
Let  everlafting  praifes  fly, 
And  tell  how  large  his  bounties  are. 

[2.  He  that  can  (hake  the  worlds  he  made, 
Or  with  his  word,  or  with  his  rod, 
His  geodnefs,  how  amazing  great  ! 
And  what  a  condefcendiug  Cod  \~\ 

[3.  Cod,  that  muft  (loop  to  view  the  fkies, 
And  bow  to  fee  what  angels  do, 
Down- to  the  earth  he  calls  his  eyes, 
And  bends  his  footlieps  downwards  too. \ 

4.  He  over-rules  all  mortal  things,  » 
And  manages  our  mean  affairs; 

On  humble  fouls  the  King  of  Kings 
Beitows  his  councils  and  his  cares. 

5.  Our  fbrrow  and  our  fears  we  pour 
Into  the  bofom  of  our  Cod', 

He  hears  us  in  rhe  mournful  hour, 
And  helps   to  bear  the  heavy  load. 

6.  In  vain  might  lofty  princes  try 
Such  condefcenfioti  to  perform  ; 

For  worms  were  never  rais'd  fo  high 
Above  their  meaneft  fellow  worm. 

7.  Oh  !  could  our  thankful  hearts  devife 
A  tribute  equal  to  thy  grace, 

To  the  third  heav'n  our  fong9  fhould  rife, 
Aad  teach  the  golden  harps  thy  praife. 


140  Hymns    and  Book  II. 

XL  VII.  Glory  and  grace  In  the  per  fan    of  C\-ij}9 

1.  \T  OW  to  the  Lord,  a  noble  fong  ! 

i^j     Awake  my  foul  :    awake,  my  tongue  ; 
Ho  fauna  to  th*  eternal  name, 
Arid  all  his  bonncilefs  love  proclaim, 

2.  See,   where  it  fhines  in  Jefusy  face, 
The  bright  eft  image  of  his  grace  ; 
God,  in  the  p'erftm  of  his  fon, 

Has  all  Iiis  mightieft  works  outdone. 

3.  The  fpacious  earth,  and  fpreading  flood, 
Proclaim  the  wife  and  powerful  God\ 
And  ihy  rf.cii  glories,    from  afar, 
Sparkle  in  ev'ry  rolling  liar. 

4.  But  in    his  looks  a  glory  (lands, 
The  nobleft  labour  of  thine  hands. 
The  plea  fin  g  luiire  of  his  eyes, 
Outmines  the  wonders  of  the  fkics. 

5.  Grace  !  Vis  a  fwect,  a  charming  theme  ; 
My  thoughts  rejoic  at   jefus'  name  : 

Ye  angels  dwell  upon  the  found  %. 
Ye  heav'us  reflect  it  to  the  ground  ! 

6.  O  may  I  live  to  reach  the  place 
Where  he  unveils  his  lovely  face, 
Where  all  his  beauties  you  behold, 
And  ling  his  name  to  haips  of  gold  ! 

XL VI II.    Love  to  the  creatures  is  dangerous. 

I.  T  TOW  vain  are  all  things  here  below  ! 

[   how  fa  lie,   and  yet  how  fail   ! 
Each  pleafure  hath  its  poiibu  too, 
and  ev'ry  fweet  a  fnare. 

%m  The  brii>hteft  things  b<  low  the  /ky 
give  but  a  flatt'iing  light  ; 


Eoofc  II.         Spirit  r  At   Songs.  341 

We  fhould  fufpecl  forne  danger  nigh 
where  we  pofiefs  delight. 

3.  Our  deareft  joys  and  nearcft  friends, 
the  partners  of  our  blocd, 

How  they  divide  our  wav'ring  miuds, 
and  leave  but  half  for  Cod  I 

4.  The  fondnefs  of  a  creature's  love, 
how  ftrong  it  flrikes  the  fenfe  I 

Thither  the  warm  affections  more, 
fc   nor  can  we  call  'em  thence  I 

3.  Dear  Saviour,  let  thy  beauties  be 
my  foul's  eternal  food  ; 

And  grace  command  my  heart  away 
from  all  created  good. 

XLIX.  Mofes  dying  in  the  embraces  of  God* 

l.T"NEATH  cannct  make  our  fouls  afraid, 

I  _Jf   if  Cod  be  with  us  there  ; 
We  may  walK  thro'  oim-  darkeft  Shade, 

and  never  yield  to  fear. 

2.   I  could  renounce  my  all  below^ 

if  my  Creator  bid  ; 
And  run,  if  I  were  called  to  go, 

and  die  as  Mofes  did. 

;.   Might  I  but  climb  to  Pifgah\  top, 

and  view  the  promis'd  land, 
My  Jlefh  itfelf  fhould  long  to  drop, 

and  pray  for  the  command. 

4.  Clafp'din  my  heav'nly  father's  armsy 
1  wonkl  forget  my  breath, 

And  lofe  my  life  among  the  charm* 
of  fo  divine  a  death.. 


142  Hymns      ar.i  Book    IL 

L.  Comfort ti  tinder forrowi  anihfakuji 

1.  T^T  OvV  It-t  the  Lord  my  Sni,  ai   Hi  il 

1    n!     And  fhe.v  my  name  upon  his  heart  ; 
I  would  forget  mv  pains  a  while, 
And  in  the  pieafure  loft  the  fmart. 

2.  But  Oh  !   it  ftvetls  mv  for  vows  hig*ft, 
To  fee  my  bieii'->  Jnfus  IVo  m  ; 

My  ipii  its  ii:ik,  my   c  ilifsj 

And  all  the  fptyftg*  or'  iife  are  '.own. 

3.  Yet  why,  my  foul,  why  d\:nj    complaints  I 
Srill  while  he  frowns  I  *  I  s  bowels  move  ; 

Si  ill  on  his  heart  he  bears  hi*  faints, 
And  feels  their  forrows  and  his  love. 

4.  My  name  is  printed  on  his  bread  ; 
His  book  of  life  contains  my  name  : 
I'd  rather  have  it  there  imprefs'd, 
Than  in  the  bright  records  of  fame. 

5.  When  the  la  ft  fire  bums  all  things  here, 
Thofe  letters  fnall  fecureiy  ftand, 

And  in  the  Lamb's  fair  book  appear, 
Writ  by  th'  eternal  father's  hand. 

6 j,   Now  fhall  my  minutes  fmoothly  run, 
WliiHl  here  I  wait  my  Father's  will; 
V  •     Lfiug  and  :dv  letting  fun 
Roll  gentl)   up  dud  aud  down  the  hill. 

LI.    Sod  the  So/i,  equilivith  the  Father. 
I/O  RIGHT    -;        of  glorv,  dreadful  God  / 

jT^   Ow:  bow  before  thy  feat  ; 

To  thee  ,s :    lift  an  humble  thought, 
And  w  or  (hip  ac  thine  awful  feet. 

[2     Thy  pow*r  hath  form-'d,  thy  wifdom  fway 
All  native  with  n.  fovVeign  word  ; 
And  the  bright   world  of  fttirs  obeys 
The  will  of  their  fuperior  Loi\i.~\  . 


Took  II.  SriRITUAL    So  N  G  s.  T  43 

£3.    Mercv  and  truth  uni?eir>  one, 

And,   Imping,   fit   at  thy  ripht-hand  ; 

Eternal  jtif'icc  o'^rus  thy  throne, 

And  vengeance  waits  thy  dread  command.] 

4.  A  thoufaud  feinph%  frrong  and  bright, 
Stand  round  tbe  glorious  Dei- y  ; 

Bnt  who,   among (1  the  ions  of  light, 
Pretends  companion  with  thee  ? 

5.  Yet  th?re  is  or?e  of  human  frame, 
Jefus,  array 'd  in  flefli  and  blood, 
Thinks  it  no  robbery  to  claim 

A  full  equality  with  Cod. 

6.  Their  glory  mines  with  equar  beams  ; 
Their  eflence  is  forever  one  ; 

Tho'  they  are  known  by  diff'rent  names, 
The  Father  Cod,  and  Cod  the  Son. 

7.   Then  let    the  name  of  thrift  our  King 
With  equal  honours  be  ador'd  ; 
His  praife  let  ev'ry  angel  Rngj 
And  all  the  nations  own  the  Lord. 

^M^i— ^b—bm—» — **jaain «g— —— ■— — 

Lil.      Deaih  dreadful,  or  delightful* 

1.  Tps ,EATH  I  'tis  a  melancholy  d.\y 
\^J      to    thefe   that    have  no  Cod, 

When  the  poor  foul  is  fore'd  away 
to  feek  her  lail  abode. 

2.  In  vain  to  heav'n  {lie  lifts  her  eyes  ; 
but  guilty  a  heavy  chain, 

Still  drags  her  downward  from  the  ikies 
to  darknefs,  fire,  and  pain. 

3.  Awake  and  mourn,  ye  heirs  of  hell  ? 
let  itubl.orn  finncrs  fear  ; 

You  mud  be  driv'n  from  earth,   and  dwell 
a  long  for  ever  there. 

4.  See  how  the  pit  grapes  wide  for  you, 
and  flames  in  )  our  face  ; 


144  Hymns     and  Book  IL 

And  thou,  my  foul,  look  downwards  too# 
and  ling  recev'iiug  grace. 

£*   He  is  a  Cod  of  fov'reign  love, 

tliat  promis'd  lieav'n  to  me, 
And  taught  my  thoughts  to  foar  above, 

where  happy  fpirits  be. 

6.   Prepare  me,  Lord,  for  thy  light-hand, 

then  come  the  joyful  day  j 
Come,  death,  and  iome  celeftial  band, 

to  bear  my  foul  away. 

LI II.      The   pilgri??iage   of  the  faints  ;   or,    earth 

6r;d  heaven. 
f.   T     ORD  !  what  a   wretched  land    is  this, 

J j      that  vields  us  no  fupply, 

No  ch earing  fruits,  no  wholelbme  trees, 
nor  ftreamsof  living  joy  ? 

2.  But  pricking  thorns  thro'  all  the  ground, 
and  mortal  poifons  grow, 

And  all  the  rivers  that  are  found 
with  dang'rous  waters  flow. 

3.  Yet  the  dear  path  to  thiHe  abode 
lies  thro*  this  horrid  land  : 

Lord  J   we  would  keep  the  heav'nly  road# 
and  run  at  thy  command. 

[4.  Our  fouls  fliall  tread  the  defart  thro' 

with  undiverted  feet  ; 
And  faith  and  fKming  zeal  fubdue 

the  terrors  that  we  meet.} 

[5.  A  thoufand  lavage  beads  of  prey 

around  the  fore  ft  roam  ; 
But  Judah's  Lion  guards  the  way, 

and  guides  the  ftrangcrs  home.] 

£6*  Long  nights  and  darknefs  dwell  below, 
with  fcarce  a  twinkling  ray  ; 


Book  II.       Spiritual     Songs.  i  4  $ 

Eutthe  bright  world  to  which  we  go 
is  everlalling  day.] 

[7.   By  glimm'ring    hopes,  and  gloomy  fears, 

we  trace  the  (acred   road  ; 
Thro'  di final  deeps,   and  dang'rous  fnares, 

we  make  our  way  to  6W.] 

8.  Our  journey  is  a  thorny  rna  ze  ; 

but  we  inarch  upward  Hill, 
Forget  thefe  troubles  of  the  ways, 

and  rearch  at  Sicn's  hill. 

[9.    See  the  kind  angels  at  the  gates, 

invitino  us  to  come  ! 
There  Je/us,  the   forerunner,  waits 

to  welcome  travelers  home.] 

10.   There,  on  a  green  and  flow'ry  mount, 

our  weary  fouls  (hall  lit, 
And  with  transporting  joys  recount 

the  labours  of  our  feet. 

Q11.  No    vain    difcourfejhall  fill  our  tongue, 

nor  trifles  vex  our  ear  ; 
Infinite  grace  mall  fill  our  ibng, 

and  Cod  rejoice  to  hear.] 

12.    Eternal  glories  to  the  Xing. 

that  brought  us  fafely  thro'  ; 
Our  tongues  (hall  never  ceafe  to  fm<r, 

and  endlefs  praife  renew. 

LIV.  God'/  pr  eft  rice  is  light  in  darknejs. 

I-   TV/T^  G*dy  the  Spring  of  ail  my  joys, 

1VX      the  life  of  my    delights,  * 
The  glory  of  my  brighter!  dajs, 
and  comfort  of  my  nights  ! 

2.  In  darkeft  (hades  if  he  appear, 
my  dawning  is  begun  ! 
O 


146  H  v   ri   n   s  B   • 

He  is  mv  foul's  (\veet  Morning 
and  he  my  rifiug-fuii. 

3.  The  op'nlng  beav'ns  around  me   mine 
with  beams  of  fucred  blifs, 

While  7*/»J  thews  his  heart  is  mine, 
and  whilpersj  /  am  hh\ 

4.  My  foe.1  would  leave  this  heavy  olav 
at  that  transporting  word, 

Run  up  with  joy  the  mining  way 

t*  embrace  my  deareit  Lord. 

5.  Fearlefs  of  hell,   and  ghailH  death, 
I'd  break  thro'  ev'ry  toe  : 

The  wings  of  Jove,   and  arms  of  faith, 
mould  hear  me  conqu'ror  thro*. 

LV.   Frail  life,  and  fucceeding  etsmitj . 

I.    r~r>rlEE  we  adore,  eternal  name, 

J  and  humbly  own  to  thee, 

How  feeble  is  our  mortal  frame  ; 
what  dying  worms  are  we  ! 

[[2.   Our  waiting  lives  grow  fliorter  ft  ill, 

as  mouths  and  days  increaie  ; 
And  ev'ry  beating  pulfe  we  tell, 

leaves  but  the  number  lefs, 

3.  The  year  roils  round,  and  fteals  away 
the  breath  that  firil  it  gave  ; 

WhateVr  <ve  do,   where-e'er  we  be, 
we're  traveling  to  the  grave.] 

4.  Dangers  (land  thick  thro'  all  the  ground, 
to  pnfh  us  to  the  tomb  ; 

And  tierce  dileales  wait  around, 
to  hurry  moitals  home. 

5.  Good  God  !   on  what  a  (lender  thread 
kaug  eveilaiting  things  ! 


Spiritual     So: 

1  eternal  fbitcs  of  all  the  deal 
s  it  ring5. 

6.  Tn  i?  or  en  diets  woe 

breath  ; 

•rrt'd  we  go 

f  death  ! 

ice, 

\  i 


I 
(*J  j 

1.  \JO  I  (hall  rnvv  them  no  more 
J  \;       who  grro^  profanely  great, 

Tho*  thev  increaie  their  golden  itore, 
and  nitr  to  wondYous  heigiit  : 

2.  They  tiQe  of  all  the  joys  that  grow 

►on  this  earth! j  clod  ! 
Wcl),   they    may    iearch    the  creature  thro' 
for  they  have  ne'er  a  God. 

:.  Sfi  ike  on":  *f  dying  too, 

and  think  your  lj^e  vour  own  : 
But    death  comes  tyfm'iung  on  to  von, 
t o  in u *v  y o ■ 1 r  %  1  or*,    d 9 \v n . 

4.  Yes  von  mnft  bow  your  Aately  head  ; 

ic  flies, 
no  kind  ange  ur  bed, 

to  bear  it  to  1 

5.  Ga  now,  and  boafl  of  ail  your  Liores, 
and  te,  you  {nine  ; 

^OUr    lw^^\-f    g-.i;  e   yOUVS) 

auJfmv  Redeemer's  mine. 

■* 


148  H  Y  M  n  s      and  Book  If. 

LVII.     The  pUafuret   cf  a  good  conference. 

I.T      ORD    how  {ecu re  and  ble(t  are  they 

J j  Who  feel  the  joys  of  purdon'd  fm  ! 

Should  ftorms  of   wrath  make  earth  and  Tea, 
Their  minds  have  heav'n  and  peace  within. 

2.   The  day  glides  fwiftly  o'er  their  heads. 
JMade  up  of  innocence  and  love  ; 
And  foft  and  filer. t  as  the  (hades 
Their  nightly  minutes  gently  move. 

[3.  Quick  as  their  thoughts  their  joys  come  on> 
But  fly  not  half  ih  fwift  away  ; 
Their  fouls  are  ever  bright  as  noon, 
And  calm  as  fummer  ev'nings  be. 

4.  IIo  v  oft  they  look  to  th'  heav'nly  hills, 
Where  groves  of  living  plea  Hires  grow  ; 
And  longing  hopes,  and  chearful  fmiles, 
Sit  undiUurb'd  upd?i  their  brow.] 

5.  They  fcovn  to  fttk  our  golden  toys, 
But  fpend  the  day  and  (hare  the  night, 
In  numb' ring  o'tr  the  richer  joys 
That  heav'n  preparesTor  their  delight. 

6.  While  wretched  we,  like  worms  and  moles 
Lie  grov'lling  in  the  dilfl  below, 
Almighty  grace,  renew  our  fouls, 

And  we'll  af  >ire  ro  glory  too. 


LV1U.    The  Jbortnefs    of  Life   and  the  goodnzh 
if  God. 

1.   rTplME!   what  an  rnapty  vapour  Ms! 

X      and  days  how  fvrift  they  are  ! 
Swift  as  an  Indian  arrow  flies, 

or  like  a  (Looting  iiar.  ^ 

[2.  Theprefent  moments  juft  appear,    | 
then  fiide  away  in  hade,     ,,-;. 


Book  II.     Spiritual     S  o  s-  g  s.       149 

That  we  can  never  fay,  They're  here  ; 
but  only  lay,   The/ re  pa (. .] 

[3.   Our  life  is  ever  on  the  wing, 

and  death  is  ever  nigh  j 
The  moment  when  our  lives  begin, 

we  all  begin  to  die.] 

4.  Yet,   mighty  God  I  our  fleeting  davs 
thy  laitino;  favour  s  fliare  ; 

Vet  with   the  bounties  o€  thy  grace 
thou  load'il  the  rolling  year. 

5.  'Tis  fovVeign  mercy  finds  us  food, 
and  we  are  cloath'd  with  love; 

Wiiile  grace  ilands  pointing  out  the  road 
that  leads  ou-r  louls  above. 

6.  His  goodnefs  runs  an  enalefs  round  ; 
all  glory  to  the  Lord  : 

His  mercy  never  knows  a  bound  ; 
and  be  his  name  ador'd. 

7.  Thus  we  begin  the  Lifting  foug  ; 
and  when  we  clofe  our  eyes, 

Let  the  next  age  thy  y  ^on© 

'till  time  and  nature  dies. 

LIX,    Pared  lie  on  Bah 
I.   f~>  LORY  to  Cad  that  walks  the  fry, 

V_?    and  fends  his  blciliugs  thro'; 
That  tells  his  fai.its  of  jovs  on  bigbj 
and  oives  a  talle  below. 

\_2.   Glory  to  God  that  Hoops  his  throne, 

that  du(t  and  worms  may  iee't, 
And  brings  a  o)im(e  of  oTor;.   down 

around  d  ft  : « . 

g.  When  liH's  graces  crr 

fhtds  his  kind  beams  abroad, 
O  3 


I  50  II  y  m  n  s   mnd  Hoc 

'Tis  a  young  heav'n  on  earthly  ground, 
and  glory  i:i  the  bud. 

4.  A  blooming  paradife  of  joy 
in  this  wild  dcfart  fprhtgs  j 

And  ev'ry  fenfe  I  Itraight  employ 
on  fweet  celellial  things. 

5.  White  lilies  all  around  appear- 
and each  lii-  2 lory  (bows  -f 

The  role  of  Sharon  bloffoms  here, 
the  faireil  flow'r  that  blows. 

6.  Chearful  I  teail  on  brav'nly  fiu. 
and  drink  the  pleafures  down, 

Pleafures  th.it  flow  hard  by  the  toot 
of  the  eternal  throne.] 

7   But,  ah  !  how  fooii  my  joys  decay, 

How  loot]  my  fin 5  arife, 
And  fnauh  the  heav'nh  fcene  away 

from  thefe  lamenting  eyes  ! 

8.  When  (hall  the  time,  dear  J  ejus,  wiier* 

the  mining  day  appear, 
That  I  (hall  leav rz  thoie  clouds    of  tin, 

and  guilt  and  darknefs  here  ? 

p.   Up  to  the  fields  above  the  ikies 

my  hal'ty  feet  would  go, 
There  everlaiting  flow  is  arife, 

and  joys  unwuh'riug  grow. 

LX.   The  truth  of  God  the  pro??i'tfer  ;  or,  the  j>ro- 

?]:''jrts  an  our  ft  cur  It  j. 
i.TTjR.iife  rver lading  praife  be  paid 

J[       To  him  that  earth's  foundation  laid  r 
Praife  to  the  Cod  whefe  flrong  decrees 
Sway  tlie  creation  as  he  pleafe* 

2.   Praife  to  the  goodnefs  of  the  Lird, 
Who  rules  his  people  by  his  word, 


B  ok  II.  Spimtual    So:;cs,  151 

And  there,  as  ftrong  as  bis  decrees, 
lie  lets  his  kiudtit  promifts. 

[3.   Firm  as  the  word?  his  prophets  give, 
Sweet  words,  on  which  his  children  live  ; 
Each  of  them  is  the  voice  or'  Cod, 
Who  fpeke,   and  fpreau  the  ikies  abroad; 

4.   Each  of  them  pow'rful  as  that  found 
That  bid  the  new  made  world  go  round  j 
And  (tronger  than  the  folid  poles 
On  which  the  wheel   ol   nature  rolls.} 

c.   Whence  then  fliould  doubts  and  fearo  ariie  I 
Why  trickling  forrows  drown  oureyts  ? 
Slowly,  alas,   our  mind  receives 
The  comforts  that  our  Maker  gives. 

6.  Oil  for  a  (Ironrr,  a  lafting  faith, 
To  credit  what  th'  Almighty  faith  ! 
T*  embrace  themeifage  of  his  Son, 
And  call  the  joys  of  heaven  our  own. 

7.  Then  fliould  the  earth's   old  pillars  (hake, 
And  all  the  wheels  of  nature  break  ; 

Our  (leady  fouls  mould  fear  110  more 
Than  folid  rocks  when  billows  roar. 

8.  Our  everlalting  hopes  ariie 
Above  the  ruinable  ikies, 
Where  the  eternal  builder  reigns, 
And  his  own  courts  his  powh  fuftains. 


LXI.      A 'thought  of  death  and  glory. 

1.  Ti  yTY  foul,   come,   meditate  the  day 
iVJL    and  think  how  near  it  Hands, 

When  rhou  muft  quit  this  houie  of  clay, 
and  fly  to  unknown  lands. 

2.  And  you,  mine  eyes,  look  down  and  view 
the  hollow  gaping  tomb,- 


142  Hymns     and  Book  II. 

lliis  gloomy  prifon  waits  for  yon, 
whene'er  the  fnmmons   come. J 

3.  Oh  !   could  we  i!ie  with  thofe  that  die, 
anil  place  us  in  their  (tend  ; 

Then  u-onl  I  o'.ir  fpirits  learn  to  fly, 
and  converfe  with  the  dead. 

4.  Then  ihould  we  fee  the  (hints  above 
in  thc«r  own  glorious  forms, 

And  wonder  why  our  fouls  fhonld  love 
to  dwell  with   mortal  worms  ; 

Qc,    How  we  mould  (corn  thefe  cloaths  of  flefh 

thefe  fetters,   and  this  load  ; 
And  long  for  tv'ning,    to  undrefs, 

that  we  may  reit  with  CoJ.^ 

6.    We  fhould  almolt  for  lake  our  clay 

before  the  fummons  come, 
And  pray  a;\d  wifh  our  (buls  away 

to  tiieir  eternal  home. 

LX1I.      Cod   the  Thunderer  ;— or,   thf  lafl  j.tdg- 
visr.?,  at:d  hi/i*. 

1.  £f  ING  to   tlie  Lord,  ye  heav'nly  holts 
^3   and  thou,  O  earth,   adore  : 

Let  death  and  hell  thro'  all  their  coafts 
Hand  trembling  at  his  pow'r. 

2.  His  founding  chariot  (hakes  the  Puy  ; 
he  mattes  the  clouds  bis  throne, 

There  all  his  itoie*  of  iight'hing  He, 
till  vengeance  darts  them  down. 

3.  His  noftrils  breathe  out  fiery  dreams, 
and  from  his  awful  tongue 

A  fovVeigu  voice  divides  the  flames, 
and  thunder  roars  (long. 
•   M.iJe  in  a  gpc&J  ' 


iiook  I T.  Spiritual  Songs,  I ; a 

4.  Think,   O  my  foul,   the    dreadful  d?i\, 
when  this  incenfed  God. 

ShaP  rend  the  (ky,   and  burn  the  feci, 
and  fling  his  wrath  abroad  ! 

5.  What  /hall  the   wretch,  the  finner  do  3 
he  once  defy'd  the  Lord ; 

But  lie  fhall  dread  the  thund'rer  now, 
and  fink  beneath  his  word. 

6.  Temp^ls  of  ann-rv  firefhall  roll, 
to  blafl  the  rebel  wonn, 

A'  d  b~at  upon  his  naked  (fa\ 
in  one  eternal  florin. 

— m^tbmti   an  mi    mm     Mtmm  i—     11    mii— »&a— ■ mm *■— msm^maomm 

LXIII.   Af:iKeral:k::ighi. 

1.  |_yARK  !   f:om  tbt  tcmbs  2  doleful  found, 
X  J.    my  ears,  attend  t}ic  t 

<;   Ye  living  men,  come  view  ti  e  ground 
u  where  you  mull  inert  iy  lie. 

2.  '•'   Prince-,   t!m  clay  m  ur  bed, 
i(   in  fpite  of  all  your  tuw\$  : 

u   Tine  tall,   tjte  wile,   ifws  reVjend  head 
t4   mult  lie  as  low  as  ours." 

5.   Great  God  !  is  this  ourcertain  doom  ! 

and  are  we  (till  feenre  ! 
Still  walking  downwards  to  our  tcmb, 

and  yet  prepare  no  more  ! 

4.  Grant  us  the  pow'rs  of  tjalcVhlttg ■  o-pate, 

to  lit  our  km  is  to  fiv  ; 

:i,  when  we  drop  tiiis  dying  BeflbJ 
we'll  rife  above  tiie  Qy  . 


LXIV.      God  the  gttty ■  cr.  i  F-Zian. 

HAPPY  the  Church,    then    facred  p!.;c- 
The  feat  of  thy  Creator's  grace  : 


t  >  4  H  v  m  n  s       and  Rook  IF. 

Thine  holy  court*  ire  le  ; 

Thou  earthly  palace  of* din  6 

2.  Fhy  wi1!;  ace  ftretijrtn     mid     \t    thy  gatfcf, 
A    gnard  ofheav'tily  warriors  ivaili  ; 

Nor  !'ii!«  thy  (ken  foundations  move, 
FlX*d  on  his  couutels  and  his  love. 

2.    Thy  foe$j  in  vain  J. 

tin  it  Ins  throne  in  vaiu 
Like  niing  waves  uitli 
1  h:it  dath  auri  d*e  upon  the  more. 

4.  Then  let  our  !nr'-  11  |  ^1!, 
Nor  lea.  1  the  wrath  ol  Rome  and  hell  : 
Hi*  arms  embrace  this  happy  ground, 
Like  bra  fen  bulwarks  built  around. 

5.  Cod  is  our  mield,  and  Ccd  our  fun  ; 
Svvitt  as  the  fleeting  moments  run, 
On  11s  iie  (beds  new  beams  of* grace, 
And  we  reflect  bis  brightelt  praife. 


LXV.     The  hopes  of  heaven  our  fupport  under   tri- 
als  on  earth. 

1.  r  T  7 HEM  I  can  read  my  title  clear 

v  V       to  manfions    in  the  ikies, 
I  bid  r'-irewel  to  ev'ry  fear, 
and  wine  my  weeping  eyes. 

2.  Should  earth  againfl  my   foul  engage, 
and  belli  Gi  darts  be  huri'd, 

Then  I  can  imile  at  Satan's  rag«, 
and  Lice  a  frowning  world. 

2.    Let  circs  like  a  wild  deluge  come, 

and  (tor  ns  of  lorrow  fall  : 
May  I  b  \r  tiielv  reach  my  home, 

v.w  God,    my  lieiv  11,   my   all. 

4    There  fhall  I  bathe  my  weary  foul 
in  Teas  ofheav'nly  reit, 


s.  \$5 

And  not  a  wa  t,l»le  re  II 

acrois  my  peaceful  bre 

i.T    HI    .  land    of, pure  delight 

jL         w  here  I 

:  da)   cxclu/Jes  the  wi^b'.., 
and  pleaiurcj  banjih  ;>j.in. 

2.   There  everjailin^  fprings  abh 

and  never- wfch  ring  fiowfes  : 
Death,    like  a  narrow  lea,  divides 

this  heav'nly  Ian  J  from  ours. 

[3.   Sweet  fields  beyond  the   fuelling  flood 

ftand  dieit  in  living  green  : 
So  to  the  Jcivt  old  Canaan  flood, 

while    Jordan  roli'd  between. 

4.  But  tiin'rous  mortals  dart  and  (Liink, 
to  crofs  this  narrow  lea, 

And  linger,   (hiv'ring  on  the  brink, 
and  fear  to  launch  away. J 

5.  Oh  !  cou'd  we  make  our  doubts  remove, 
thofe  gloomy  doubts  that  rife, 

And  fee  ihe  Canaan  that  we  love, 
with  unbeclouded  eyes. 

6.  Could  we  hut  climb  where   Mo/is  Rood, 
and  view  the  landfkip  o'er, 

Not  Jordan's  (tream,   nor  death's  cold  flood, 
mould  flight  us  from  the  fhore. 

■a—w— »»wg*wi  ■!  ■  1  —————— — — ^g^waMgj— 

LXVII.   G'.'d';  eternal  dctnir.ion. 

!•/"'  Reat  Co</  .'   how  infinite    art  t;. 

\J      what  worth  lei  5  worms  are  we  ! 
Let  the  whole  luce  of  creatures  bow, 
and  pay  their  praife  to  thee. 


150  H  y  M  N  s      and  Book  H. 

2.  Thy  throne  et<  rnal  age*  ftoodj 
<  Vc  teas  ci  (bars  \\  t  re  made  ; 

I  the  rv(  r- living  CoJM 
were  all  the  nations  cicad. 

3.  Nature  and  time  qnite  nuked  lie 
to  thine  Lmmenfe  fui  rey, 

From  the  formation  of  the  fky, 
to  the  great  burning  clay. 

4.  Eternity,  with  all  its  years, 
(lands  prelent  iu  thy  view   j 

To  thee  there's  nothing  olil  appears; 
great  Cod  J  there's  nothing  new. 

5.  Our  lives  thro'  various  fecnes  are  drawn, 
and  vex'd  with  trifling  cares, 

While    thine  eternal  thought  moves  on 
thine  undifturb'd  affairs. 

6.  G  eat  Cod  J    how  initiate  art  thou  ! 
what  worthlefs  worms  ate  we  ! 

Let  the  whale  race  of  creatures  bow, 
and  pay  their  praife  to  thee. 


LXVIII.   Ths  humble  ivor/hip  of  heaven. 

I#X7  Ather,   I  long,   I  faint  to  fee 
\_         the  place  oi    thine  abode  ; 

I'd  leave  thy  earthly  courts,  and  flee 
np  to  thy  feat,  my  God  ! 

2.  Here  I  behold  thy  diftant  face, 
and  'tis  a  pleating  fight  ; 

But  to  abide  in  thine  embrace, 
is  infinite  delight. 

3.  I'd  part  with  all  the  joys  of  tente, 
to  gaze  upon  thy  throve  j 

Pleafure  fpriugs  freui  for  ever  thence  ; 
un (peak able,  unknown. 


Book  1 1.         Spiritual     Songs.        157 

[4.   There  all  the  heav'nly  hofts  are  feen, 

in  finning  ranks  they  move, 
And  drink  immortal  vigour  in 

with  wonder  and  with  love. 

5.  Then  at  thy  feet  with   awful  fear, 
th'  adorning  armies  fall    ; 

With  joy  they  fhrink  to  nothing  there, 
before  th'  eternal  all. 

6.  There  I  would  vie  with  ail  the  hoft 
in  duty  and  in  blifs  ; 

When  le is  than  nothing  I  could  boail, 
*  and  vanity  confefs.] 

7.   The  more  thy  glories  irrike  mine  eyes, 

the  humbler  I  fhall  lie  ; 
Thus  while  I  fink,  my  joys  dial!  rife 

unmeafurably  high. 

LXiX.     The  faitbfuimfs  of 'God  /'/;    the.  premifts. 
[i."p)£giH,  my  tongue,  fome  heav'nly  theme 

|3     aRd  fpeak  fome  boundlefs  thing, 
The  mighty  works,  or  mightier  name, 
of  our  eternal  King. 

2.  Tell  of  his  wond'rous  faithfulnefs, 
and  found  his  pow'r  abroad, 

Sing  the  tweet  promife  of  his  grace, 
and  the  performing  Cod. 

3.  Proclaim  falvathnfrom  the  Lord 
for  wretched  dying  men  ; 

His  hand  has  writ  the  facred  word 
with  an  immortal  pen. 

4.  Engrav'd  as  in  eternal  brafs 
the  mighty  promife  fhines  ,• 

Nor  can  the  pow'rs  of  darknefs  rafc 
thofe  evtrlafting  Hues.] 

*  Ifaiah  xl.  17. 
P 


ij8 


Hymns      and 


Book    IT. 


f5*  He  that -can  dafh  whole  worlds    to   death, 

and  make  them  when  lie  pleafr, 
He  (peaks,  and  that   almighty  breath 
fulfills  his  great  decrees. 

6.  His  very  word  of  grace   is  ftrong, 
as  that  which  built  the  fkies  ; 

The  voice  that  rolls  the  (tars  along 
fpesks  all  the  promises. 

7.  He  fa  id,  Let  the  wide  Heaven  be  fpread, 
and  Heav'n  was  ftretch'd  abroad  : 

Ahra'vi  til  be  thy  God,   he  faid, 
and  lie  was  Abraym\<  God. 

8.  Oh,  might  I  hear  thy  heav'nly  tongue 
but  whifper,  Thou  art  mine  J 

Thole  gentle  words  mould  raife  my  fong 
to  notes  ?lmolt  divine. 

o.   How  would  my  leaping  heart  rejoice, 

and  think  my  heav'n  fecure  ! 
I  trult  the  all-creating  voice, 

and  faith  delires  no  more.] 


LXX.   God's  dominion  over  the  fea,    Pfalm  cvii. 
23,  be. 

X,  f~^  O  D  of  the  feas,  thy  thundYing    voice 

V^J   Makes  all  the  roaring   waves    rejoice 
And  one  foft  word  of  thy  command 
Can  fink  them  fileut  in  the  fand, 

2.  If  but  a  Mo/is  wave  thy  rod, 
The  fea  divides  and  owns  its  Cod% 
The  ftormy  flood  their  Maker  knew, 
And  led  hischofen  armies  thro'. 

7.  The  fcaly  flocks  amid  it  the  fea 
To  thee,  their  Lord,  a  tribute  pay  ; 
The  meanelr  fifh  that  fwims  the  flood 
Leaps  np,  and  means  a  praife  to'God. 


\v 


Book  II.       Spiritual     Son  g-  s.       159 

£4*  The  larger  mon  iters  of  the  deep 
1  y  commands  attendance  I^ep  ; 
Bv  thv  pcrmifiou,  f>oi  t  and  plaj  , 

And  cleave  along  their  foaming  way. 

5     U  God  his  voice  oftempeft  rears, 
Leviathan  lies  i\il\  and  fears   ; 
Anon  lie  lifts  his  iioftrils  high, 
And  (pouts  the  ocean  to  the  iky.] 

6.    How  is  thy  glorious  po\vrr  adoi  'd 
Amidft  thefe  watry  nations,  Lord  ! 
Yet  the  bold  men  that  trace  the  feasr 
Bold  men  rei'uie  their  Maker's  praife. 

[7.   What  fcenes  of  r*  track*  they  lee, 
And  never  tune  a  long  to  thee  ! 
While  on  the  flood  they  fafely  ride, 
They  curfe  the  hand  that  fmooths  the  tide. 

8.  Anon  rhey  plunge  in  watry  graves, 
And  Ibme  drink  death  among  the  waves  1 
Yet  the  furviving  crew  blafpheaic, 

Nor  own  the  Cod  that  refcu  d  them.] 

9.  Oh,  for  fbme  fignal  of  thine  hand  ! 
Shake  aU  the  feas,  Lord,  thake  the  land  ; 
Great  Judge,  deftxnd  left  men  deny 
That  there's  a  Cod  that  rules  the  fky. 

LXXl.     JPrai/e  to  God  from  all  creatures, 

1.  *"g~~*-HE  glories  of  my  maker,   Cod, 

X      njy  joyful  voice  (hall  ling, 
And  call  the  nations  to  adore 
their  Former  and  their  Kina> 

2.  'Twas  his  right-hand  that   fhap'd    our  cjay, 
and  wrought  this  human  frame  ; 

From  the  70th  to  the  ro8thHvmn.  I  hope   the   reader  will  for- 
gke  the  r.e&iecfc  ct  rhys:e  in  the  firit  and  third  lines  of  the   iUnza. 

p  2 


160  H  Y  W  N  s       and  Book  "II, 

But  from  his  own  immediate  breath 
our  nobler  fpirUs  came. 

3.   We  bring  cur  mortal  pow'rs  to  Cod9 

and  worfhip  with  our  tongues  ; 
We  claim  Tome  kindred  with  the  fkies, 

and  join  th*  angelic  fongs. 

A.   L°t  grov'ling  beads  of  ev'ry   (hape, 

and  fowls  of  ev'ry  wing, 
And  rocks,  and  trees,  and  fires,  and  feas, 

their  various  tribute  brir 

<^ 

r.  The  planets,  to  his  honour fhinc, 
and  wheel*  of  nature  roll  j 

him  in  tout  unweary'd  courie 

around  (lie  ileadj  pole. 

6.  The  brigntfrefc  ofbiif  Maker's  name 
the  wide  creation  fills, 

And  his  unbounded  grandeur  flies 
beyond  the  heav'nly  hills. 

LXXU.     Tbt  Lord's  taj  ;   or,  the rcforretfiut  of 

(Thrift. 

1.  'l~y  Le'd  mo!  ning,whofe  young  dawning  rays 
£j      beheld  our  rifing  Ccd: 

That  law  him  triumph  o'er  the  dull, 
and  leave  his  la(i  abode. 

2.  In  the  cold  pri(on  of  a  tomb 
The  dend  Redeemer  lay5 

'Till  the  devolving  ikie<  had  brought 
the  third,  th'  appointed  d 

7.  Hell  and   the  nrn.ve  unite  their  force 
to  hold  our  Ccd  lb  vain, 

The  Aeeping  Conqueror  arofe, 
and  bnrft  their  feeble  chain. 

4.  To  thy  great  name,  almighty  £1 
thefe  (acred  hours  we  par, 


Book  II.        Spiritual     Songs,  161 

And  loud  hofannas  (hall  proclaim 
the  triumph  of  the  day. 

[5.   Salvation  and  immortal  praife 

to  our  victorious  Kino*  ; 
Let  heaven,   and    earth,  and  rocks,   and  Teas, 

with  glad  hofannas  ring.] 

LXXI1I.   Doubts  fcattered  \   or, Spiritual  joy  rr- 
flared* 

HEnce  from  my  foul,  -fad  thoughts,  begone, 
and  leave  me  to  my  joys  ; 
My  tongue  fhall  triumph  in  my  Cod, 
and  make  a  joyful  noife„ 

2.  Darkuefs    and  doubts  had  veil'd  my  mind, 
and  drown'd  my  head  in  tears, 

'Till  fov 'reign  grace,  with  (Lining  rays^ 
difpell'd  my  gloomy  fears. 

3.  Oh,  what  immortal  joys   I  felt, 
and  raptures  all  divine, 

Whe»  J?fusy  told  me,   I  was  lus, 
and  my  beloved  mine  !: 

4.  In  vain  the  tempter  frights  my  foul,, 
and  bieaks  my  peace  in  vain  ; 

One  glimpie,   dear  Saviour,   of  thv  face 
revives  my  joys  again. 

LXXIV*     Repentance    from    a   fevfe    of  divine 
goodnefs  ;   or,  a  co7np  taint  cf  ingratitude* 

I.   TS  this  the  kind  return, 

X     and  thefe  the  thanks  we  owe, 

Thus  to  abufe  eternal  lover 

Whence  all  our  bleflings  flow  ! 

2.  To  what  a  ftubbom  frame 
Hasiin  redue'd  our  mind  i 

p  3 


j6i,  H  Y  M  N  s     arJ  Book  II 

What  ft  range  rebellious  \vr<  tches  w*, 
And  Cod  as  flrangely  kind  ! 

[3.    On  us  lie  bids  the  fun 
Shed  his  reviving  rays  ; 
For  us  the  Ikies  tueir  ciicles  iun^ 
Toleiigtuiu  out  our  dajs. 

4.  Tlie  brute s  obey  their  Cod, 
And  bow  then  necks  to  men  ; 

But  we  more  bale,    more  bruiifh  thing?, 
Reject  iiis  eafy  reign.] 

5.  Turn,  turn  us,   mighty  Cod, 
And  mould  our  fouls  afrefh  ; 

Break,  fov 'reign  grace, theie  hearts  of  (lone,, 
And    give  us  hearts  of  fiefh. 

6.  Let  old  ingratitude 
Provoke  our  weeping  eyes, 

And  hourly,  as  new  mercies  fall, 
Let  hourly  thanks  arife. 

LXXV.      Spiritual    and    eternal    joy  ;  or,     the 
bsatific   pght  of  Ghrift. 

j.'HROM  thee  my  Cod,  my  joys  mail  rite, 

X       and  run  eternal  rounds, 
Beyond  the  limits  of  the  ikies, 

and  all  created  bounds. 

2.  The  holy  triumphs  of  my  foul 
fliall  death  itieli   out-brave, 

Leave  dull  mortality  behind, 
and  fly  beyond  tht  grave. 

3.  T>iere  where  my  bleflVd  Jefus  reigns', 
in  heav'n's  unmeafur'd  ijpace, 

I'll  fpend  a  long  eternity, 
in  oleaiure  and  in  praiie,- 


\ 

Book  If.         Spiritual     Songs. 

4.   Millions  of  years  my  woiui'ring  ej  es 

<hall  o'er  thy  beam  its  rove, 
And  endlefs  ag^s  I'll  adore 

the  glories  of  thy  love, 

[5.   Sweet  fcftu,  ev'i  y  imile  of  thine 
(hall  freln  endearments  bring, 

An  i  thou  land  t  a  lies   o"  new  delight 
from  all   thy  graces  fpring. 

6.   Halle,  my  beloved,  fetch  my  foul 

up  to  thy  bleit  abode  ; 
Fly,  for  my  fpirit  longs  to  fee 

my  Saviour  £ud  my  God.} 


LXXVI.      The     refurreciion     and     afcenjion     ijf 

Chrift. 
i.TTOfanna  to  the  Prince  of  Light, 

that  cloaih'd  himielf  in  clay  ; 
Enter' d  the  iron  gates  of  death, 
and  tore  the  bars  away. 

2.  Death  is  no  more  the  king  of  dread, 
lince  our  Emanuel  rofe  ; 

H^  took  the  tyrant's  Iting  away, 
and  fpoil'd  our  hellifh  foes. 

3.  See  how  the  Couqu'ror  mounts  alcft, 
and  to  his  father  flies, 

With  fears  of  honour  in  his  flefh, 
and  triumph  in  his  eyes. 

4.  There  our  exalted  Saviour  reigns, 
and  fcatters  bleflings  down  ; 

Our  Jefus  fills  the  middle  feat 
of  the  celeftial  throne. 

[5.   Raife  your  devotion,  mortal  tongtze*> 
to  reach  his  blefVd  abode, 

:  be  the  accents  of  \our  fong* 
to  our  incarnate  CW, 


T64  Hy  m  NS   and  Book  If. 

6.   Briglit  angels,  ftrike  your  loudefl    ft  rings, 

your  fweetefr  roices  raife  ; 
Let  heav'n,  and  all  created  things, 

(bund  our  EmdnueF*  praife.] 


LXXVIf.   The  Chrtflan  warfare. 

[r.Q<Taiu!  up,  my  foul,  (hake  ofl'thy  f^rs, 

y_y   And  gird  the  gofpel- armour  on  ; 
March  to  the  gates  of*  endlcfs  jov, 
Where  thy  great  Captain-Saviour's  gone. 

2.    Hell  and  thy  fins  refill:   thy  courfe, 
B  ut  hell  and  fin  are  vanquiflVd  foes  ; 
Thy   J  ejus  n  ail'd   'em  to  the  crofis, 
And  lung  the  triumph  when  he  rcfe.] 

[3.   What  tho'  the  prince  of  dark ne is  rage, 
And  wafle  the  fury  of  his  fpite  I 
Eternal  chains  confine  him    down 
To  fiery  deeps  and  endlefs  night. 

4.  ^Vhat  tho*  thine  inward  lufls  rebel  ? 
'  Fis  but  a  ft  niggling  gafp  for  life  ; 
The  weapons  of  victorious  grace 
Shall  flay  thy  (in  s  and  end  the  firife.]: 

5.  Then  let  my  foul  march  boldly  oit, 
Prefs  forward  to  the  heav'nly  gate  ; 
There  peace  and   joy  eternal  reign, 
And   gim'ring  robes  for  coiiqu'rors  waitv 

6.  There  (hall  I  wear  a  /tarry  crown, 
And  triumph  in  almighty  grace  y 
While  all  the  armies  of  the  fkies 
Join  in,  my  glorious  Leader's  praife. 

LXXV1II.   Redemption  by    Chriit. 

j.\  T  7  HEN  the  firft  parents  of  our  race 
\V       rebell'd,  and  loll  their  C*d> 


Book  II.         Spiritual    Songs  165 

And  the  infection  of  their  fni 
had  tainted  all  our  blood  : 

2.  Infinite  pity  tonch'd  the  heart 
of  the  denial  Sou  ; 

Defceudir.g  from  the  heav'nly  court, 
he  left  his  father's  throne. 

3.  Afide  the  Prince   of  Glory  threw 
his  mod  divine  array, 

And  wrapp'd  his  Godhead  in  a  veil 
of  our  inferior  clay. 

4.  His  living  pow'r,  and  dying  love, 
redeem'd  unhappy  men  ; 

And  rais'd  the  ruins  of  our  race 
to  life  and  God  again. 

5.  To  thee.,   dear  Lord,  our  flefli  and  foul 
we  joyfully  refign  ; 

Blefi  Jcfus,  Mike  us  for  thv  pwn, 
for  we  are  doubly  thine, 

6.  Thine  honour  (hull  forever    be 
the  bus'nefs  of  oui "days  ; 

For  ever  [hall  our  thankful  tongues 
fpeak  thy  deferred  praile. 

LXXIX.     Praifh  to  the  Redeem**. 

i.TJLung'd  in  a  oulph  of  daik  defpair 
_£  we  wretched  finners  Jay, 

I  Without  one  chearful  beam  of  hope, 
or  fpaik  of  glitnm  ring  day. 

|2.   With  pitying  eyes  the  PiLnce  of  Grace 

beheld  aur  helplefs  grief  ; 
lHe  (aw,   anu  (O  amazing  love  !) 

he    ran  to  our  relief. 

p.  Down  from  the  mining  feats  above 
v/uh  j  n  ful  batle  lie  fifcd. 


l66  Hymns      and  Book  ljm 

Entei'd  tliv  grave  in  mortal  fte  (h, 
and  dwelt  among  the  dead. 

4.  He  fjxul'd  the  powVs  of  datknefs  thus> 
and  brack   our  ii oh  chalni 

Jefus  has  freed  our  captive  funis 
from  everlalting  pains. 

£$.   In  vain  the  baffled  prince  of  hvll 

his  curled  projects   tries  ; 
We  that  Were  doomed  his  endlefs  (laves, 

are  rais'd  above  the  fkies.] 

6.   Oh  !  for  this  love,  let  rocks  and  hills 

their  Jailing  filence  break, 
And  all  harmonious  human  tongues 

the  Saviour's  praifes  (peak  1 

[7.   Yes,  we  will  praife  thee,  dearefl  Lord, 

our  fouls  are  all  on  flame  ; 
Hoianna  round  the  fpacious  eartli 

to  thine  adored  name. 

8.   Angels,  affiit  our  mighty  joys, 

Hrike  all    your  harps  of*  gold  ; 
But  when  you  raife  yourhigliefl   notes 

liis  love  can  ne'er  be  told.] 


LXXX.    God  j    awful  power  and  goadtiefs. 

i,r\H  !   the  ahn-^hty    Lord  ! 
\    /    How  mate  hie  ft  is  his  pow'r  ! 
Tremble,   O  earth,   beneath  Ills  w.ord, 
While  all  the  hcav'ns  adore. 

2.  Let  proud  imperious  kings 
}»ow  lo.v  before  his  throne  ! 

Couch  to  his  feet,  ye  haughty  things, 
Or  he  (hail  tread  ye  down. 

3.  Above  the  fides  he  reign*?, 
And  with  amazing  blows 


Hook  U.         Sr  T  id7 

Hf?  dca  Is  i  .s 

On  hi^  rebellious  foes. 

4.  Yt  t,    •  ng-    OcV, 

I»ve  to  f^eak  thy  praife  ; 
Thy  fceptre's  cqn.il  to  thy  rod, 
The  fteptre  of'  thy  grace* 

5.  The  arms  of  mighty  love 
Defend  our  TLion  wcli, 

And  heav'nly  mercy  walls  us  round 
From  Babylon  and  hell. 

6.  Salvation  to  the  King 
That  fits  enthron'd  above  : 

Thus  we  adore  the  Cod  or  might, 
And  blefs  the  Cod  of  love.  ° 


LXXXl.     Our    (in   the  caufe  •/?€hr*ft?j  ^«/*. 

1.  4   ND  now   the  (cales  have  left  mine  eyes, 
JljL     now  I  begin  to  fee  : 

Oh,  the  curs'd  deeds  my  fins  have  done  ! 
what  murd'rous  things  they  be  ? 

2.  Were  theft  the  traitors,  deareft  Lord,  . 
that  thy  fair  body  tore  ? 

Monlters,  that  ftain'u  thoft  heav'nly  limbs 
with  floods  cf  purple  gore  ? 

3.  Was  it  for  crimes  that  I  had  done, 
my  dearneit  Lord  was  flain, 

When  juftice  ftia'd  God's  only  Son, 
and  put  Lis  foul  to  pain  I 

4.  Forgive  my  guilt,  O  Prince  of  Peace, 
I'll  wound  my  Cod  no  more  : 

Hence  from  my  heart,  ye  fins,  be  gone,  % 

for  Jefus  I  adore. 

j.  Furnifh  me,  Lord,  with  heav'nly  arms 
from  grace's  magazine, 


o  H   y    M    N    s      and  Book  II. 

And  I'll  proclaim  eternal  war 
\.  it  ii  l  v'ry  darling  fin. 

^mm^^m lb  mm  1 1  ■  i  ■   ■       ■'■"'  ■»"ui  in     m— — —— »wn ■■  i     ib 

LXXXII.      R:!:?j>pt;fj)i    a nd  protection  ft  em  ffU 
ritual    enemies. 

i.    A   RISE,  my  foul,  my  joyful  powVsj 

/\     and  triumph  in  my  God  ; 
Awake,   my  voice,  and  loud  proclaim 
his  glorious  grace  abroad. 

2.    He  rais'd  me  from  the  deeps  of  ftn, 

t lie  gates  of   gaping  hell, 
And  rix'd  my  Handing  more  ft  cure 

then  'twas  before  I  tell. 

%.  The  arms  of  everlaiting  love, 

beneath  my  foul  he  plac'd, 
And  on  the  reck  of  ages  fet 

my  (lipp'ry  footiteps  fait. 

4.  The  city  cf  my  blelt  abode 
is  wall'd  around  with   grace  ; 

Salvation  for  a  bulwaik  itands 
to  fhield  the  iacred  place. 

5.  Satan  may  vent  his  fharpefl  fpite, 
and  all  his  legions  roar  ; 

Almighty  mercy  guards  my  life, 
and  bounds  his  raging  powV, 

6.  Arife,  my  foul,  awake  my  voice, 
and  tunes  of  pie  a  lure  fmg  ; 

Loud   hallelujahs  fnail  addiefs 
my  Saviour  and- my  King. 


LXXXIll.      The  paflion  and  exaltation  of  Chrijt. 
I.    ^T^HUS  faith  the  Ruler  of  the  Ikies, 

1       awake,  ??iy  dreadful  fw or d  ; 
Awake  my  wrath ,  and  J mite  the  man, 
my  fellow,  faith  the'  Lord, 


Book  II.  Spiritual   Songs^        \6+ 

2.  Vengeance  receiv'd  the  dread  ctramand, 
and,   armeii,  down  ihe   flies; 

fubmits  t'  his  Father's  hand, 
and  bows  his  head,  and  dies. 

3.  Bnt,   oh  !  the   wifdom  and  the  grace 
that  join  with  vengeance  now  I  j 

Hi  dies,  to  five  our  guilty  race, 
and  yet  he  riles  too. 

4.  A  perfon  (o  di"  iae  wrs  he 
wfco  yielded  to  oe  U.iih, 

That  hj  could  give  his  foul  a  vay, 
and  take  his  lite  again. 

5.  Live,  glorious  Lor  J,   and  reign  on   high, 
let  tv'rv  nation  ling, 

And  angel's  found,   with  endlef*  joy, 
the  Saviour  and  the  Kings 


LXXXIV.     The/, 


I.iOCME,  all  harmonious  tongues, 
\   j    voiir  r.  M- (t   ir.r.hc  bring  j 
'Tis  Chr;fi  tlje  eve>4a0jng  Cod, 
and  Chriil  the  man,  we  iing. 

2.    Tell  how  he  took  our  flem, 
to  take  a  vv?y  bur  guilt  ; 
Sing  the  dear  drops  of  leered  blood 
that  helliib  m  oniters  foilt . 

[;  .    Alafs !  the  cruel  fbear 
went  deep  into  his  ful~, 
And  the  rich  flood   of  puiplo  gore 
t'jeir  murd'rous  weapons  dy'd  ] 

[4.  T'ie  waves  of  (welling  grief 

did  o'er  his  boforq  roll. 
And  mountains  of  alm-^htv  wrath 

Jay  heavy  on  his  foul.} 
O 


r7^  II  y  M  N  s       a?: J  Book  It, 

f.   Down  to  thfrfhades  of  death 
he  bow'd  Iiis  awful  head  ; 
Yet  he  arofe  to  live  and  reign 
when  death  it  ft  If  is  dead! 

5.   No  more  the  bloody  fpear, 
the  crofs  and  nails  no  more  ; 
For  hell  itfelf  makes  at  his  name, 
and  all  the  heav'ns  adore. 

7.  There  the  Redeemer  fits 
high  on  the  Father's  throne  : 

The  Father  lays  his  vengeance  by     * 
and  fmiles  upon  his  Son. 

8.  There  his  full  glories  mine 
with  uncreated  rays, 

And  blefs  his  faints  and  angels  eyes 
z    to  everlatling  days. 

LXXXV.     Sufficiency  ^of  pardon. 

I.TT7HY  does  your  face,  ye  Ira  ruble  fouls, 
VV     thofc  mournful  colours  wear  ? 

What  doubts  are  thefe  that  wafteyour  faith 
and  nourifh  your  defpair  ? 

2.  What  tho'  your  num'rou*  fins  exceed 

the  liars  that  fiU  the  Ikies, 
And,  aiming  at   th"  eternal  throne, 

like  pointed  mountains  rife. 

~~^3»  What  tho*  your  mighty  guilt  beyond 
the  wide  creation  fwell, 
And  has  its  curs'd  foundations  laid 
low  as  the  depths  of  hell. 

4.  See  here  an  endlefs  ocean  flow* 

of  never- fniliiig  grace  ; 
Behold  a  dying  Saviour's  veins 

the  facred  Hood  increafe  t 


RfreL  H.         SplthTUAt  Songs,         i 7* 

5.  It  rifes  high,  and  drowns  the  hilHj 
>t  lias  neither  fhore  nor  bound  : 

Now,  if  we  fearch  to  find  cur  fins, 
our  fins  can  ne'er  be  found. 

6.  Awake,  our  hearts,  adore  the  grace 
that  buries  all  our  faults, 

And  pard'ning  blood,  that  fwclh  above 
our  follies,  and  our  thoughts. 

LXXXVL   Freedom  from  Sir.  and  viifery  in  hea- 
ven. 

1.  /^\UR  fins,  alas  !   how  ftrong  they  be  I 
V^/    and  like  a  violent  fea, 

They  break  our  duty,  Lord,  to  thee,, 
and  hurry  us  away. 

2.  The  waves  of  trouble,  how  they  rife  ! 
how  loud   the  tempetls  roar  ! 

But  death  (hall  land  our  weary  fouls 
faie  on  the  heav'nly  fhere. 

9.  There,  to  fulfill  his  fweet  commands,. 

our  fyeedy  feet  (hall  move  ; 
No  fin  fhall  clog  our  winged  zeal, 

cr  cool  our  burning  love, 

*.  Thrre  fliall  we  fit  and  ficg,  aud  tell 

the  wonders  of  his  grace, 
'Till  heav'nly  raptures,  Cre  our  hearts, 

and  faille  in  ev'ry  face. 

1 5.  For  ever  his  dear  facred  nanie 

fhall  dwell  upon  our  tongue, 
I A  nd  JeJUs  and  iklvation  be 

the  cl ofe  of  ev'rv  fonsr. 

-.XXX  VII.      The  divine  glories  above  cur  reafon. 

OWwond'rous  great,  how    glorious, 
muft  our  Creator  be,  [bright, 

Q.2 


H 


1 72  H   Y    n    N    s      and  Book  W 

Who  dwells  amid  ft  the*  dazzling  light 
of  vail  infinity  ! 

2.  Our  foaiing  fpirits  upwards  rife 
tow'rd  the  celelti.il  tli  rone  : 

Fain  would  we  fee  the  blefled   Three, 
and  the  almighty  One. 

3.  Our  reafon  flretches  all  its  wings, 
and  climbs  above  the  ikies ; 

But  Hill  liow  far    beneath  thy  feet 
our  grov'ling  reafon  lies  ! 

[4.  Lord,  here  we  bend  our  humble  fouls, 

and  awfully  adore  ; 
For  the  weak  pinions  of  our  mind 

can  It  retch  a  thought  no  more.] 

5.   Thy  glories  infinitely  rife 

above  our  lab'ving  tongue  j 
In  vain  the  higheft  feraph  tries 

to  form  an  equal  fong. 

[6.   In  humble  notes  our  faith  adores 

the  great  mytterious  Kiuj, 
While  angels  itrain  their  nobler  powVs, 

and  fweep  th*  immortal  itring.] 

LXXXVIil.   SiT/Wr/a/;. 

I.QALVATION!   Oh,  the  joyful  found; 

^      'tis  pie  a  i'u  re  to  our  ears  ; 
A  fov'reign  balm  for  ev'ry  wound, 

a  cordial  for  our  feats, 

?.   BuryM  in  foprow  and  in  fill, 

at  hell's  dark  door  we  1  .iy  ; 
But  we  a  rue,  by  grace  divine, 

to  fee  a  heav'nly  day. 

3.   Salvation  !   let  the  echo  fly 
the  fbacious  eaitU  around, 


Book  II.      Spiritual     Songs-.       i  73 
W  hile  all  the  armies  of  th<tfkv 
confpire  to  raife  the  ibund.  " 


LXXXiX.  Chiif.'s  viftcry  %ver Satmtu 

n  TJOSSANNA  to  oar  conqu'ring  Kin^i 
IX   the  prince  •fdarkneisflies^ 

fill  troops  rufli  headlong  down  to  hell, 
l*ke  ligbt'niug  from  the  ildes, 

2-  There,    bound  in  chains,  the  lions  roar 
and  fright  the  refcu'd  flieep  ;     • 

Hut  heavy  bars  confine  their  pow'r 
and  malice  to  the  deep. 

;.  Hofanna  to  our  conqu'rino-  Kino- 
all  hail  incarnate  love  !        & 

Ten  thoufand  fbngs  and  glories  wait 
to  crown  thy  headabove. 

*  Tiiy-ThVries  and  thy  deatfclefs  fame 
tare     the  wide  wci  Id  mail  run 

And  everlafting  ages  fmo-  ' 

the  triumphs  thou  half  won. 

XC.   Faith  U  Chrift,  for  p ardor:  and '  fanMficaton. 

HOW  fad^oor  flate  bv  nature  kJ 
c«rim    how  ckepitftaiusj 
And  Satan  b,«ds  ourcaptire  mind* 
toft  in  his  flavins  chains. 

*    But  there's  a  voice  of  fovVeign  grace: 
founds  from  the  facred  word,       k 

ho!  je  defpatnng  finders,  com* 
ana  iruft  upon  the  Lard. 

•  ^iymul  obeys  th'  almighty  c. 
and  runs  to  this  relief.        *  ' 

*$  !  ne\p  mv  untelief.      ^        ' 

a- 3  / 


174  H  y  M  -   >  Book   If. 

[4.    To  the  dear  fountain  of  thy  blood, 

incarnate  Cod  I  fly  ; 
Here  let  me  wafli  my  j  potted  iLul 

from  crimes  of  de epeit  dye. 

5.  Stretchout  thine  arm,  vicloiious  King, 
my  re'oning  fins  fubdue  ; 

Drive  tlie  old  dragon  from  his  feat, 
with  all  bis  hellilh  crew.] 

6.  A  guilty,  weak,  and  helplefs  worm 


en 


thy  kind  arms  I  fall 


Be  thou  ray  ftrength  and  righteoufnefs, 
my  J'f-'i  and  n*y  all. 

XCi.      The  glory  o[  C  brill  hi  Heaven* 

1,  /^vH!   the  delights,   the  heav'nly  joys, 
\^J      the  glories  of  the  place 

vVhere  Jefiis  fneds  the  brightelt  beams 
of  his  o'erhV.ving  grace  ! 

2.  Sweet  majelty  and  awful  love 
fit  (mi ling  on  his  brow  ; 

And  all  the  glorious  ranks  above 
at  humble  diltance  bow. 

£3.  Prinres  to  his  imperial  name 
*"'  bend  their  blight  fceptres  down  ; 
Dominions,  thrones,  and  pow  is  rejoice 
to  fee  him  wear  the  crown. 

4,  Archangels  found  his  lofty  praife 

thro'  ev'ry  heav'nly  ilreet. 
And  lay  their  higheft  honours  down 

fubmiifive  at  his  feet. 

5>  Thole  foft,  thofebleffed  feet  of  his* 

that  once  rude  iron  tore, 
High  on  a  throne  of  light  they  ftand, 

and  all  the  faiuts  adore, 


k  II  -  Spiri  :    '  1 7 1 

6.  His  hea<  *4dj 
t  tat  driu  i  i.iorus  iird  n  I  i»w*Jj 

See  whai  ^>'  *<-»  iaiUv, 

an  J  circle  U  ai  ound.] 

7.  Tiiis  is  the  man,  rV  exalted    mmr 
whom  we,  unfeeu,  adore, 

But  when  our  eves  behoifj  Ins  f:ce, 
_     our  hearts  Qiall  love  him  more. 

T8.  Lord,  I'.dw  our  fouls  are  ail  on  fire 

to  fee  thy  bled  abode  ; 
Our  tongues  rejoice  in  tunes  of  praiib  . 

to  our  incarnate  Cod  / 

9.   And  while  our  faith  eifcja^g  tiiis  **g#r* 
we  long  to  leave  our  cl :.y  ; 

And  wid)  chariop 

to  fetch  our  fouls  away.] 

qgj»— —  ii  ■     **  ■       mi  m'l     ■mi  ■■   ii       ■■■  1 

XCI1.   The  Church  Javed^    and    her    enemies  tfif- 
app oint+d%  in  »* 

Ctmpofed  the  $th    of  Neve  ruber,   1694.       ' 

r.  C1  HOUT  to  the  Lord,  and   let  vour  ioys 
^3      thro     tne  whole  nation  run  : 

Ye  Britifli  fkies,  refbund    the  nolle 
beyond  the  riling  fun. 

2.  Thee,  mighty  6?i,  onr  fouls  admire, 

thee,  our  olad  vofces  fina: 
And  join  with  the  deleft  jai  choir, 

to  praife  th'  eternal  King. 

£.  Thy  pow'r  the  whole  creation  rules, 

and  en  the  ftarrj  Ikies 
Sit^  at  the  weak  defigns 

thi  fees  devife, 

4.  1         (fcoTli  derides  their  feeble  rage^ 
and,   with  an  awful  "frown, 


lji>  H  v  m  K  s      and1  Book  IT.. 

YJnig*  vaft  confufion  on  their  plots, 
and  (hakes  their  teabel  down, 

£5.  Tlieir  fee  ret  fires  in  caverns  I  iv, 

and  we  the  iacrifice  j 
But  gloomy  cavtrns  flrove  in  vain 

t  Ycapc  alJ  fearching  eyes. 

6.   Their  dark  defigns  were  all  reveal'd, 

their  tjeaibns  all  betray  \1  : 
Praife  to  the  Lord,  that  broke  the  faare 

their  curled  hands  had  laid. 3 

7;   In  vain  the  bufy  ions  of  hell 
ftili  new  rebellions  try  ; 

m  .  -       * 

Tlieir  fouls  (ball  j)ine  with  envious  rags ; 
and  vex  awny  and  die; 

8.   Almighty  grace  defends  our  land 

from  their   malicious  pow'r  : 
Let  Britain  with  united  fongs- 

almighty  grace  adoje.. 

XCIII.    God  a//,  and   in  all>  Pfdlm.  Lx-xiii.  2-j;  ■ 

li  Ti  J  Y    Ocd,  my  life,  my  love, , 
IV i     to  t-hee,  to  thee  I  call  , 

Ilcannot    live,  if  thou  remove,, 
for  thou  art  all  in  ail. . 

[2.   Thy  fhining  grace  can  c heart 
i his  dungeon  where  1  dwall  : 
-'Tis  paradife  when  thou  art  here  ; 
if  thou  depart,   'tis  hell] 

[3.   The  Hailing*  of  thy  face,. 
how  amiable  they  are  ! 
'Tis  beav'n  to  red  in  thine  embrac  t ,. 
and  no- where  elie  but  there.] 

£4,  To  thee,   and  thee  alone, 
the  angels  owe  their  bl-.fs  j; 


Sock  II.  Spiritual     S  o  ::  g  s.        i  77 

The\  lit  around  tii\   prions  throne, 
anti  d\**clj  where  Jv'*:'J  ls-l 

11  the  harps  abeve 
lie  a  heav'nly  p]>'to; 
If  Cod  his  rciidtr.ee  remove, 
or  but  conceal  his  face  .} 

6.  Nor  earth,   nor  nil  the  iky, 
can  one  delight  afford  ; 

No,   not  a  drop  of  real  y  J  . 
without  they  pretence.  Lord. 

7.  Thou    ait  the  Tea  of  leve, 
where  all  my  pleafures  roll  ; 

Tlie  circle  where  my  paiTions  mou 
and  centre  of  roy  foul. 

[8.  To  thee  my  fpirits  fly 
with  i p  il  n  i  t e  del 1 ;  e  j 
And  yet,   how   Tax  from  thee  I  lie  ! 
dear  J*fufy  raife  me  higher.] 

XCIV.     God    ;/:;   or.ly  happixefs,    Vs.  lxxiii,  25. 

I.   It  |TY  £«£/  my  portion,  and  my  lov. . 

j/VX    mv  everla fling  all, 
l*VC  none.bnt  thee  in  heav'n  above, 
or  on  this  earthly  ball. 

[2.   What-  empty  things  are  ail  the  fkies3 

and  this  inferior  clod  } 
There's  nothing  here  deferves  mj   ioys, 

there's  aothing  like  my  C 

:.    In  v:in  the  bi-'oht.    the   burping  f#n 
(batters  Ids  feeble  light  : 
I'Tis  thy  fweefc  beams  create  fly  noon 
If  thou  withdraw,  'tis  ni^ht. 
And  vv  hilfi  upen  mv  1 
araouglt  the  fhadta  I  roll. 


i>$  If  T   M  X  S       a,:c{  Bbofc     ffj 

If  my  Redeemer  (htws  hi.  lieiii!, 
'tis  morning  with  my  JTotol?] 

5.  To  thee  we  owe  our   wealth  and  friends,. 
am!  health  ami  file  abode  ; 

Thanks  to  thy  name  for  meaner  tilings, 
but  they  are  not  my  CW. 

6.  How  vain  a  toy  is  glitt'iing  wealthy 
if  once  compared  to  thee  ? 

Or  what's  my  fafety,  or  my  health, 
or  what  my  friends,  t#  me  ? 

7.  Were  1  poflefibr  of  the  earth, 
and  call'd  the  liars  my  own, 

Without  thy  graces,  and  thyielf, 
I  were  a  wretch  undone, 

8.  Let  others  ftretch  their  arms  like  feas, 
and  grafp  in  all  the  more, 

Grant  me  the  vifits  of  thy  face, 
and  1  defire  no  more. 

XCV.  Look  on  him  whom  they  p\ened7  and  mourn, 

1.  XNFINITE  grief  !  amazing  woe  ! 
X    behold  my  bleeding  L$rd: 

Hell  and  the  Jews,  confpire  his  death,, 
and  ufe  the  Roman  lword. 

2 .  Oh,  the  fharp  pangs  offmarting  pain 
my  dear  Redeemer  bore, 

VVhen  knotty  whips,  and  ragged- thorns, 
his  facred  body  to*e  ! 

3.  But  knotty  whips,  and  ragged  tlion«.c 
in  vain  do  I  accule  ; 

In  vain  I  blame  the  Roman  band's^ 
and  the  more  fpiteful  Jews* 

4.  *  f  were  you,  my  fins,  my  cruel  fm$, 
his  chief  tormentors  were  ; 


Br>ok  II.       SpilVtril    5  o  b   s  ..        f  rt 

Each  of  my  crimes  became  a  nail. 
and  unbelief,   the  Ipc 

;.  'Twere  vcn  that  pnll'd  the  vengeance  down 

upon  his  guiltle.- 
Break,   break,  mv  heart,   oh,   burli  mine  eves, 

and  let  my  ibrrows  bleed. 

6.  Strike,  mighty  grace,   my  flinty  foal 

'till  melting  waters  flow, 
And  deep  repentance   drown  mine  ey^s 

in  undiilembled  woe. 

«■■    imn     1    ■  —  f  1 1  1  11  mnii    in       11  — m— — a^^, 

XCVI.     Difltngui  hhig  . : :  ?  ;    o: ,  47- gels  punijhtd9 
and  man  J avid* 

:,T"*\0 '.VN  headlong  from  the  native  ikies 

\  J   the  rebel  angels  fell, 
And  thunder-bolts  of  flaming  wrath" 

puriVd  them  deep  to  hell. 

3.  Down  from  the  top  of  earthly  bli£ 
rebellious  man  was  hurl'd  ; 

And  Jcfus  itoop'd  beneath  the  grave, 
to  reach  a  finking  world'. 

I,    Oh,  love  of  infinite  degrees  I 

unmeafurable  grace  I 
Muft  heavhi's  eternal  darling  die. 

to  lave  a  trait  rous  race  : 

4.  Muft  angels  fink  forever  down, 
and  burn  in  quenchlefs  Are, 

While  c7:./forfakes  his  Chining  throne, 
to  raife  us  wretches  higher  ? 

7.   Oh,  for  this  lore,   let  earth  and  (kies 

with  hallelujahs  ring, 
And  the  full  choir  of  human  tongues 

all  hallelujahs  Hug. 


r3o  H  y  m  n  b  Book  If. 

VU.     Thifam 

KT^ROM  heav'n  the  fin  nine  affgels    felf, 

J      Aud  a  ■  uh  iiiid  d.u  ki.(--  /eaulown 

ijiit  man,   viie  in. in,   foriop 

liim  io  a  c. v)\vn. 

2.  Amazing  work  of  fbvYeiiru  <»racc, 
Th  it  could  diltiti  j  &  : 
Our  guilty  treasons  call" J  aloud 

For  everlaitinj*  letters  too. 

3.  To  thee,   to   thee,    il  flighty  lovev 
Our  fouls,  .ves,    our  all  we  pav  : 
Millions  of   u>iiguessfh"ill  (bund  thy  praife 
Oil  the  bright  hills  of  heav'iily  day. 


XCVIil.     Hardfrefi  cf  heart  Ci  i    if. 

1.  J\    f  Y  heart,  how  dreadful  liard  it  is  ! 

LVx       bojV  heavy  here  it  lie;-  j 
Heavy  ahd  cold  within  #n   breai-t, 
juit  like  a  rock  of  ice  ! 

2.  Sin,    like  a  r&giftg  tyrant,   (Jts 
upon  this  flinty  throne, 

Ani  ev'rv  uiace  lies  bniy'd  deep 
bene   th  this  heart  of  itor.c. 

3.  How  felct&tn  W  p  I  rile  to  {7©.-/, 
or  1 1  fce  tlie  j  lys  above    ? 

This  mountain  preffes  down  my  faith, 
and  chills  mj   flaming  love. 

4.  When  i'niHncr  mercv  courts  my  fool 
with  all  its  heav'nly  charm-. 

This  (Uibborn,   th:.  r*  icutlef*  th'.ug 
would  t  bruit  it  from  v.\y   arms. 

5.  Agafaft  the  thunder:,  of  thy  word 
rebellious  T  have  itood  ; 

My  heart,  it  fnakes  not  at  the  wrath 
and  terrors  of  a  God, 


Book  II.  SriFITUAL     SON'CS.  ifri 

6.   Dear  Saviour,   iteep  this  rock  of  mine 

1:1  thine  own  rrimfon  Tea  ! 
None  but  a  bath  of  blood  divine 

can  melt  the  flint  awav. 


xcix.    r 


i 


ET  the  whole  race  of  creatures  lie 
f    aba^'d  before  their  L 
Whate'er  his  fov  Yeign  voice  has  form'd, 
he  governs  with  a  nod. 

£2.   Ten  thou  find  ages  ere-  the  fkies 

we:e  into  niotiou  brought  ; 
All  the  long  years  and  world's  to  ccme 

Hood  preient  to  his  thought. 

■S.  There's  not  a  fparrowr  or  a  worm, 

but's  found  in  his  decrees  ; 
He  raifes  monarch*  to  their  thrones, 

and  links  them  as  he  pleafe.} 

4     II"  light  attends  the  courfe  I  run, 

'tis  he   provides  thofe  rays  ; 
And  'tis  his  hand  that  hides  my  fun, 

if  darknefs  cloud  my  dav 

5.  Yet  I  would  not  be  much  concern *df 
nor  vainly  long  to  fee 

The  volumes  of  his  deep  decrees, 
what  months  are  writ  for  me. 

6.  When  he  reveals  the  book  of  life, 
Oh,  may  I  read  my  name 

Amongfl  the  choien  of 

the  foil'  .vers  of  the  L&ql  i 

.      The    pn fence     if  Chriifc     is    r  ixj 

ft 

HOW  full  of  anguifh  is  the  thought, 
How  it    diilracts   and  teacs  my  heart, 
R 


*1>2  H  y  M  n  s     and  Book  II. 

M    Cod,    at  lad,    mv  fivYeign  j  adore, 
Should  frown,   and  bid  my  ib ul  depart  / 

2.  Lor.'/,   when  I  quite  the  earthly  ftage, 
Wlit  it  (hall  I  fiy  but  to  thy  oread  \ 
For  I  have  fought  no  other  home  ; 

For  1  have  learn'd  no  other    reft. 

3.  I  cannot  live  contented  here, 
Without  Tome  glimpfesof  thy  face  ; 
And  hcav'h,   without  thy  pretence  there, 
Would  be  a  dark  and  tirefome  place. 

4.  When  earthly  cares  ingrofs  the  c!  \y, 
And  hold  my  thoughts  aflde  from  thee, 
The  mining  hours  of  chearful  light 
Are  long  and  tedious  years  to   me. 

5.  And  if  no  ev'ning  vifit's  paid 
Between  my  Saviour  and  my  foul, 

How  dull  the  night  !   how  lad  the  fiiade  ! 
How  mournfully  the  minutes  roll  ! 

6.  Thisflefli  of  mine  might  learn  as  foon 
To  live,   yet  part  with  all  my  blood  ; 

To  breathe,   when  vital  air  is  gone, 
Or,  thrive  and  grow   without  my  food. 

[7.  Chrift  is  my  light,  my  Life,  my  Care, 
My  bit  lied  Hope,   my  heav'nly  Prize  : 
Dearer  than  all  my  pillions  are, 
My  limbs,   my  bowels,   or  my  eyes. 

B.   The  firings  that  twine  about  my  heart, 
Tortures  and  racks  may  tear  them  oft*, 
But  th«-y  can  never,   never  part 
With  their  dear  hold  of  Chr'tfi  my  Love.^ 

ro.   My   Cod  1   and  can  a  humble  child, 
Thar  loves  thee  with  a  rlamt  fo  high, 
Be  ever  fiom  thy  face  exil'd, 
Withoat  the  pity  of  thine  eye  ? 


Book  IT.        SrmiT  u  a  a     S  c  I  g  s.  jc - 

10.   Impolnble  I For  thine  own  bafffh 

Have  tv'J  my    l:cr..rt   to  fflft  to  thee, 
And  in  thy  book   the  pi\>mife  iiaiirl^, 

i   whri'e  t'lou    art,    rhj   fi  iends  muft  be] 

i  '  • 

CI.     T6)  shief  :j?n?ts.tior.s. 

I.  VT/HEN  in  the  light  of  faith  divine 

\  V         vve  look  on  things  below, 
Honour^  and  gold,   and  fenfual  joy, 
ho.v  vain  and  dang'rous  too  ! 

(^2,   Honour's  a  puff  of  noify   breath  ; 

yet  men  expofe  their  blood, 
And  venture  everlafting  death, 

to  gain  that  airy  good. 

3.   Whxlit  others  flarve  the  nobler  mino\ 

and  feed  on  mining  duft  ; 
They  rob  the  ferpeut  of  his  food, 

t*  indulge  a  fordid  hi  ft.] 

4^  The  plea fu res  that  allure  onr  fenfe 

are  dang'rous  fnares  to  fouls  ; 
There's  but  a  drop  of  flatt'ring  fweet^ 

and  dafh'd  with  bitter  bowls. 

J.   Cod  Is  mire  all-fufticient  good, 

mv  portion  and  my  clioice  ; 
In  him  my  valt  delires  are  fdi'd, 

and  all  my  pow'rs  rejoice. 

6.   In  vain  the  world  accofts  my  ear, 

and  tempts  my  heart  anew  ; 
I  cannot  buyy  onr  blifs  fo  dear, 

nor  part  with  heav'n  for  you. 


"N°b 


CI  J.      A    happy     refurrsclion. 

I'll  repine  at  death  no  mo-?, 
But,   with  a  chearful  gafp,  reiign 
R  2. 


J #4  H   T   m    N    s      And  Book  II. 

To  the  cold  dungeon  of  the  grave 
Thefe  dying,  with'ring  limbs  of  mine. 

2.   Let  worms  devour  my  walling  fiefh, 
.And  crumble  all  m}'  bones  to  cl nit, 
.My  Cod  (hall  raife  my  fiame  anew 
At  the  revival  of  the  juih 

.3.   Break,   facrcd  morning,  thro'  the  /kie$, 
Bring  that  delight i\\ I,  dreadful  day, 
Cut  ihurt  the  hours,   dear  Lord,  and  come  ; 
Thy  ligu'ring  uheeh,   how  long  they  (lay  I 

[4.   Our  weary  (pints  faint  to  fee 
The  light  of  t'jy  returning  face, 
And  hear  the  language  of  thole  lips 
Wneie  Cod  has  ihed  nib  rithrll  grin 

[5.    Hafie  then  upon  the  wing*  of  love, 
Roufe  all  the  pious  ileeping  clay, 
That  we  may  j.un  in    heav'uly  joys, 
And  finQ  the  tiiumpn   of  the  day  ] 

rf"nraa,im   ■■  \im*m- ■*  mi^nr  *ymri   \    ,ir^    it  5TTirT-TrT-Ti^^» 


ClII.     Qirift'i    Co?  John    iii.    16.    17, 

1.  ^""^GIVJE,   happy    fouls,  approach  j;ou 
V^      with  new  melodious  longs  ; 

Come,  tender  to  almighty  grace 
the  tributes  o!   vour  tongues. 

2.  So.  ft  range,  fo  UjuniMcJa  *us  the  1    ♦  '.. 
that  pity'd  dyii 

The  Fati:-'.  r  lent  hi  Son 

to  give  the.  fit*. 

.:.    fliy  ban-  >\cie  not  arm'd 

witn  a  revenging  •  ^'d, 
1n:o  hard  coiumiilipn  to  perform 

the  vengeaiice  of  a  ( 

4,  But  all  v  r  mjpdpy,  all  wa,«  m 

aucl  'vratli  ibiico!  vac, 


Book  IK     S  p  i  r  i  t  v  *  l    S  c  N  g  s.  185 

When  CTr//?  on  the  kind  errand  came, 
and  brought  falraticn  down. 

5.  Tie  re,   finneis,  you  n^ay  heal  your  wounds, 
and  wipe  your  forrows  dry  : 

Trull  in  the  Oiighty  Saviour's  name, 
and  ycfu  lhall  never  die. 

6.  See,   deareit  Lcr.:\   cur  willing   fouls 
ac(f    t  thine  offer 'd  grace; 

reft  the   great  Redeemer's  love, 
and  ^ive  the  Father  prai'e. 

ciy.    ?&  5. 

^•T)  ^ISE  vonr  triumphant  fcngs 
j\^   to  aff  immortal  tune, 
Let  the  wide  eaith  refound  tlie  dee»!s 
celtilial  grace  L  as  done. 

2.   Sing  how  eternal  love 
its  chief  helovrd  chefe, 
And  bid  him  raiie  our  wretched  race 
from  their  abvfs  of  woes. 

?.   His  hand  no  th under  bears, 
nor  terror  cloatkes  hi*  brow  ; 
No  i.rits  to  drive  owr  guilty  fouls 
to  fiercer  flames  below. 

ercy  filled  the  throne, 

and  wrath  flood   fllent  bv, 

:;  nt  with  pardons  down 
to  rebels  doom'd  to  die. 

5.  Now  Gnners,  dry  your  tears, 
let  hoplefs  forrow  ccafe  ; 

Bow  to  the  leeptnre  of  his  lore, 

and  take  the  oflei'd  peace. 

6.  Lord,    we  obey  thj  call; 
we  lay  an  humble  claim 

R    V 


1 


1 86  Hymns.  Book  IT".- 

To  the  fail  vat  ion  thou  haft  brought, 
ami  Jove  and  praife  thy  name. 

CV.   Ktptntanct  filing  f rem  the  patience  of  G«d, 

J.     AND  are  we  wretches  yet  alive  I 

£~\  and  ^°  v**e  )  et  rebel  ? 
Tis  bou:.dle£>,    'tis  amazing  Iover 
that  bears  ns  up  from  hell  ! 

2.  The  burden  of  our  weighty  guilt 
would  (ink  us  down  to  flames, 

And  threatening  vengeance  rolls  above 
to  crulii  our  feeble  frames. 

3.  Almighty  gooduefs  cries,ferlear, 
and  (trait  the  thunder  (lays  ; 

And  dare  we  now  provoke  his  wrath,, 
and  weary  out  his  grace  ? 

4.  Lcrd,  we  have  long  abus-'d  thy  love 
too  long  indulg'd  our  iin, 

Our  aching  hearts  e'en  bleed  to  fee 
what  rebels  we  have  been, 

5.  No  more,  ye  lufts,  (hall  ye  commaini, 
110  more  will  we  obey  ; 

Stretch  out,  O  God,  thy  conq'uring  hand, 
and  drive  thy  foes  away. 

-   '  IT    I        I ■ "II       lni    1  »n  ■■■!■■    1     Ml— ill ■  1  Ml    I    ■    I 

C  VI.      Repentance  aJ  the  crefs. 

J.A^H,  if  my  foul  was  foroi'd  for  woe;, 
\^Jf   how  would  I  vent  my  fighs  ! 

Repentance  fliould  like  rivers  iiow 
from  both  my  ltreaming  eyes^ 

2.   'Twas  for  my  lins  my  dearcft  L 
5.  on -the  cur  fed  tree, 


Bock  II.       S  P    I    R  I   T    U   A   I     S  O    V    -    5.  f 

-.   Oh,  how  I  hate  tholje  lulls  of  mine 

that  crucify't!  roy 
Thofii  ins  that  pexrc'd  and  iiaiPcl  (lis  Heih 

fail  to  t lie  fatal  wood. 

4.  Yes,  my  Redeemer,   they  fhall  die,. 

my  heart  lias  fd  decreed  ; 
Nor  will  I  ipare  ths  guilty  things 

that  made  my  Sa\iour  bleed. 

f,  WhHrt  with  a  melting  broken  heart 

my  murder'd  Lord  I  view, 
I'll  raife  revenge  againit  mv  fins, 

and  flav   the  murd'rers  too. 

CV1I.      Thz  sverlafiir.g  abfe?icc  cf  God   into/era* 

I.  nnKAT  awful  day  will  furely  come,, 

X      th'  appointed  hour  makes  hail. 
When  Imuft  Hand  before  my  Judge, 
and  pais  the  folemn  tell. 

3.   Thou  lovely  Chief  of  all  my  joys,, 

thou  Sov'reign  of  my  heart, 
How  could  I  bear  to  hear  thy  voice 

pronounce  the  found,  depart  r 

[3,  The  thunder  of  that  di final  wo: 
would  Co  torment  my  ear, 
T^ould  tear  my  foul  afunder,   Lord, 
with  moil  tormenting  fear.] 

[4.  What,  to  be  banifh'd  for  my  life,. 

and  yet  forbid  to  die  ? 
To  linger  in  eternal  pain, 

yet  death  for  ever  fly  ! 

3.  Oh  !  wretched  ftate  of  deep  defpaiiy 
to  fee  mv  Gad  remove* 


H    Y     M 


unci 


Eo.k  IT 


6.  jfc/vs,  I  throw  my  arms  around, 
and  hang  upon  thy  brea'ft  ; 

Without  a  oracious  fmiie  from  thee 
my  fpirit  cannot  reii. 

7.  Oh  !  tell  me  that  my  worthless  name 
is  graven  on  thy  hands; 

Shew  me  fome  promise  in  thy  book, 
where  my  falvation  (lands. 

£8.  Give  me  one  kind,  a  (Curing  word, 

to  (ink  my  fears  agf.it), 
And  e  hear  fully  my  Ibul  ihaU  wait 

heie  rhree-flore  years  and  tcn»J 


CVIJI.      'Acctfi   to  the  throne   cf  craze   t\    a  Me- 

dlai-ir. 
r.  J^^OME,  let  us  lift  our  joyful  eyes 

\^t    up  to  the  courts  above, 
And  fmile  to  fee  our  father  there 

upon  a  throne  of  love. 

2.  Once  'twas  a  feat  cf  dreadful  wrath, 

and  (hot  devouring  flame  5 
Our  Cf  0  d  a  p  p  e  a  r  *  d  £  0  «//* w * «r|  fir  e , 

and  veno-eance  was  his  name. 

© 

g.   Rich  were  the  drops  of   Jefxs*  blood 

that  calm'd  his  frowning  face, 
That  fprinkled  o'er  the  horning  throne, 

and  turn'd  tJie  wrath  to  grace. 

4.  Now  we  may  bow  before  his  feet, 
and  venture  near  the  Lord; 

No  fiery  cherub  guards  his  feat, 
nor  double-flaming  fword. 

5.  The  peaceful  gates  of  heavmly  L 
are  opeu'd  by  the  Son  ; 

High  let  us  miff  our  nores  of  praife, 
and  reach  th'  almighty  t krone,  5 


Book  II.        Spiritual     Songs.  18$ 

6.   To  thee  ten  thoufand  thanks  \vc  brink 

great  advocate  on  high  *> 
And  glory  to  th'  eternal  King 

that  lays  his  fuiy  by. 

>  ■'        i  mmmm  I        i    I    i     I 

CIX.    The  durknefi  :T  ::. 

T.  T      ORD.  vTe  adore  thy  rait  ckfigns 

i /  Th'  obienre  a  by  is  of  providence 

Too  deep  to  found  with  mortal  hues, 
Too  daik  to  view  with  feeble  fenfe. 

2.  Now  thou  an\iy'il  thine  awful  face 
In  angry  frowns,   without  a  iini  e  ; 
We,  thro*  the  cloud,   believe  civ  grace 
Secure  of  thy  co.npaffi^n  full. 

3.  Thro'  feas  nrd  florins  of  deep  diitre& 
We  {ail  by  faith,   and  not  by  fight  ; 
Faith  guides  ub  in  t lie  wuderri'efi, 
Thro*  all  tiit  briars  and  the  night. 

4.  Dear  fathei,  if  I  d  red 

i\e  Eg  feotiroe  us  heVe  b'h  w, 

Still  v\  e  ra  u  it  lean,  u  poi \  o  u  1  t  c  d, 
Thine  arm  thai!  b  u\\  thro*. 


CX.  Trium 

1.    \  ND  mutt  tins  body  die  ? 
1  m  rni  frame  df-cav    ? 

And  inn;  bs  of  mine 

lie  mould',  ing  in  r !:;;  cl.-.v  ? 

ins, 

;;hant  i"^;:i,  comes, 
to  put  jt  on  afreih. 


Lo  >ks  down,  ai)d  watches  all  c.»v  d  \ 
'tin  he  fliall  bid  it  liib. 

4.  Array'tl  in  glorious   gracd 
thai  I  the  fe  rile  bodies  ft]iri' 

And  eviy  (ir.ipr,   aivd  rf'r?  f.ice; 
look  heav'nly  aiui  divine. 

5.  Thcfe  lively  hopes  wc  owe 
to  JeJuS  dying  love  ; 

We  would  adore  Ids  grace  btlow, 
and  ling  his  pow'r  above. 

6.  Dear  Lord,  accept  the  praife 
of  thefe  our  humble  fongs, 

'Till  tunes  of  nobler  found  we  raife 
with  our  i m mortal  tongues. 

CXI.  Thankfgivivg  for  victory  ;   or  God's  domhiim 
on,   and  our  deliverance. 

1.  *7I0N  rejoice,  and  Judah fnig, 

the  Lord  affumes  Lis  throne, 
Let  Britain  own  the  heav'nly  King, 
and  make  his  glories  known. 

2.  The  great,  the  wicked,  and  the  proud, 
from  their  high  feats  are  liuiTd  -, 

Jehovah  rides  upon  a  cloud, 
and  tUunders  thro'  the  world. 

3.  He  reigns  upon  th'  eternal  hill, 
diitiibuies  mortal  crowns  5 

Empires  are  fixed  beneath  his  fmiles, 
and  torterat  h!S  frowns. 

4.  Navies  that  rule  the  ocean  wide, 
are  yanquiffft'd  by  his  breath, 

And  legions,    arm'd  with  pow'r  and  pride, 
defcend  to  watYy  death. 

5.  Let  tyrant*  make  no  more  pretence 
vo  vtx  our  happy  land  ; 


',   1!.         S  r  1  k   1   T    I"   A   L    S  O   N    G    s 

mp$  JH  OUT  «:*  fcuce, 
our  buckler  L>  ins  h^ud. 

[o.    Long  may  the  King  our  SoVVcigu  live, 

;.o  rule  u^b)  li is  word  ; 
An  d  A\  tlrfe  tu-.ucins  hi  can  gi\e, 

he  oiTer'd  to  the  htrAj 


CXII.     sh;ge!s    mimflrMg   to  Ciirift  tffetf faints. 

i./^  REAT  C^y   to  what  a  glorious  heigh th 
\f£    Hail  thou  advane'd    the  LorJ  i\y  ten  I 
Angels,  in  all  their  robes  of  light, 
Are  made  the  fei  vaius  of  his  thrcne. 

2.  Before  his  feet  thine  armies  wririf, 
And  fvvift  as  flames  of  fire  they  move, 
To  manage  his  affairs  of  Hate 

In  works  of  vengeance  and  of  leve. 

3.  His  orders  run  thro'  all  the  hefts, 
Legions  deicend  at  his  command, 

To  fhield  and  guard  the  Britijl?  coaft  s, 
When  foreign  race  invades  our  land. 

4.  Now  they  are  lent  to  guide  our  feet 
Up  to  the  gates  of  thine  abode, 
Thro'  all  the  daggers  that  we  meet 

In  travelling  the  heav'nly  road. 

5.   LorJy  when  I  leave  this  mortal  ground, 
And  thou  (hale  bid  me  rile  and  come, 
Send  a  bcleved  angel  down, 
Safe  to  conduct  my  fpiiit  home. 


CXNI.   The  fame.     ' 
i .  ! njT^  H E  M >*  jvj try  of  Sofa m 0 n9 

X         how  gloiious  to  behold 
Th-  fcrvants  waiting  round  his  thrcne, 
the  iv'ry  and  the  gold  ! 


T92  Hymns     and  Book  If 

2.    Bv£f  mighty  Gxnt I   thv  palace  (bines 

*ith  f\r  fa  peri  or  beams  ; 
Tbjne  at?gel»gparda  are  {\vift  as  winds 

thy  ininiilers  are  flame?. 

[j.    S.>m  as  thine  only  Ion  had  made 

Iiis  entrance  on  the  earth, 
A  finning*  armv  downward  fled 

to  celebrate  his  birth. 

4.  And  when  oppreiVd  with  pains    and  fears, 
on  the  cold  ground  he  lies, 

Be  bold,  a  heav'nly  form  appears, 
t'  allay  feis  agonies.] 

5.  Now  to  t lie  hands  of  CErifi  our  King, 
are  all  their  legions  given  ; 

They  wait  upon  his  faints,  and  bring 
his  chofb'n  heir.s  to  heav'n. 

6.  Pleafure  and  praife  ran  thro*  their  holt, 
to  fee  a  fenuer  turn  ; 

Then  fatan  has  a  captive  loll, 
and  Chrijl  a  fubject  born. 

7.  Cut  there**  an  hour  of  brighter  joy, 
when  he  his  angels  fends 

Obltinate  rebels  to  deltroy, 
and  ga.her  in  his  friends. 

8.  Oh  !   could  I  fiy,  without  a  doubt^ 
there  ihall  my  foul  be  found, 

Then  let  the  threat  Archangel  fhcut, 
and  the  1  ill  trumpet  iouiid. 


CXIV.  Chriit's  death >  vitfory,  and  dominion* 
i.T  Sing  my  Savioiu's  woud'reus  death  * 

J[      he  conquered  when   h£  f^H  : 
9Tis  finifl/dy  laid  his  dying  breath, 

and  (hook  the  gatrb  ol  hell. 

2.    'Tis  finijh*dy  our  Emcnucl  q\\z%} 
flie  dreadful  *7ork  ts  done ; 


Book  TI.      Spiritual     Soncs.       1^3 

Hence  (hall  bis  fov'reign  throne  arife, 
his  kingdom  is  begun. 

3.  His  crofs  a  Aire  foundation  laid 
for  glory  and  renown, 

When,  thro'  the  regions  of  the  dead 
lie  pafs'd  to  reach  the  crown. 

4.  Exalted  at  his  Father's  fide 
fits  our  victorious  Lord, 

To  heav'n  and  hell  his  hands  divide 
the  vengeance  or  reward. 

5.  The  faints,  from  his  propitious  eye, 
await  their  feveral  crowns, 

And  all  the  fons  of  darknefs  fly 

the  terror  of  his  frowns. 


CXV.  God  the  Avenger  cj  his* faints  ;  or,  his  king' 
dum  fupreme 

i«  TJ  I  G  H  as  the  heav'ns  above  the  ground 

Ji  reigns  the  Creator,  God  ; 
Wide  as  rhe  whole  creation's  bound 
extends  his  awful  rod. 

2.  Let  princes  of  exalted  (late 

to  him  ascribe  their  crown,  ^ 

Render  their  homage  at  his  feet, 
and  call  their  glories  down, 

3.  Know  that  his  kingdom  is  fupreme, 
your  lofty  thoughts  are  vain  ; 

He  calk  you  Cods,  that  awful  name, 
but  ye  mult  die  like  men. 

4.  Then  let  the  fov'reigns  of  the  globe 
1      not  dare  to  vex  the  jutt  ; 

It  puts  on  vengeance  Jike  a  robe, 
and  Ueads  the  worms  to^uft. 
'       S 


194  Hymns     and  Bcok  I] 

5.   Ye  judges  of  the  earth,   be  wife, 

and  think  of  iieav'n  with  fear; 
The  meaneit  faint  that  you  defpife 

has  an  avenger  there. 


mmr 


CXVI.   Mercies  and  thanks. 

i.  T  TOW  can  I  fink  wi'h  fuch  a  prop 

FjL      as  my  eternal  Cod, 
Who  brars  the  earth's  huge  pillars  up, 
and  fpreads  the  heav'ns  abroad  ? 

5.   How  can  I  die  while  Jefus  lives, 

who  role  and  left  the  dead  ? 
Pardon  and  grace  my  foul  receives 

from  Jhine  exalted  head. 

3.  AH  that  I  am,  and  all  I  hare, 
/hall  be  for  ever  thine  ; 

Whate'er  my  duty  bids  me  give, 
my  chearful  hands  refign. 

4.  Yet  if  I  might  make  forac  refer ve, 
and  duty  did  not  call, 

1  love  my  Cod  with  zeal  fo  great, 

that  I  (hould  give  him  alJ. 

CXVII.      Living  and  dying  with  God  prefent. 

I.  T"  Cannot  bear  thine  abfence,  Lord  ; 

JL  My  life  expires  if  thou  depart  : 
Be  thou,  my  heart,  il ill  near  my  GW, 
And  thou,  my  Cod,  be  near  my  heart, 

2  I  was  not  born  for  earth  or  (in, 

ai  1  live  on  things  lo  vile  ; 
Yet  1  will  (lay  my  fuller's  time, 
And     c  pe  and  wair  for  heav'n  a  while. 

3.  Then  deareil  Lord,  in  thine  embrace 
Let  me  ie(igu  my  fleeting  breath, 


<    II.         Spiritual      Songs.       to- 
Ant],  with  a  fmile  upon  my  face, 
Pafi  l!,<-  important  hour  of  deaih. 


CXVIII.     The  prieflMod  c/Chrift. 

1'V%L2°D  haS  a  Voice  to  l>ierce  ihe  ^'es- 

U  %   the  blood  of  ^/cries  ■ 

But  thfi  dear  frream,   ufien  6^ri/?  was  flnin, 
Sneaks  reace  as  loud  from  evVj  vein. 

2.  Pardon  and  pence  from  C^'ao  hipli  j 
Behold  he  3a\s  his  vengeance  by  ; 
And  rebels,  that  deferve  his  Avon*, 
Become  the  fav'rites  of  the  Lord. 

3'  To  jfe/*'  let  our  praifLs  rife, 
Who  gave  his  life  a  facrifiee  ; 
No*-   he  appears  before  his  Cod, 
AruVfbr  our  pardon,   pjeads  his  blood. 

CXIX.  fht  Holy  SeripturiK 

'*  T  ,^?5?,*S  gUik'  a"d  fuI1  of  *»■* 
And  not  a  ghmpfe  of  hope  appears, 
but  in  thy  bitten  word. 

2.   The  volume  of  my  father's  grace 
does  all  my  grief  afTr,oe  • 

Here  I  behoid  my  Saviour's  fWe 
aJmoft  in  ev'ry  page. 

H.at  merchant  i3  divinely  wife 
who  makes  the  pearl  his  own 

i-    Here  confeerated  water  flows, 
to  quench  my  thirft  of  fin  •       ' 

no  A      fairi'ee  of  ^owledge  Krowi 
no  danger  dwells  therein  1  *    te         ' 

S2. 


196  H  y  m  n  ?   and  Book  II. 

5.   Tiiis  is  the  judge  that  ends  the  it  rife, 

where  wit  and  reaion  fail  ; 
My  guide  to  everlafling  life, 

thro'  all  this  gloomy  vale. 

i.   Oh,  may  thy  sounfels,  mighty  Cod, 

my  roving  feet  command  ; 
Nor  1  -for  fake  the  happy  road 

that  leads  to  thy  right  hand. 


CXX.     The  law  and  go/pel  joined  in  Scripture. 

1.  r  1  ^HE  Lord  declares  liis  will, 

X        and  keeps  the  world  in  awe  ; 
Amidft  the  fmoke  on  Sinai**  hill 
breaks  out  his  fiery  law. 

2.  The  Lord  reveals  his  face, 
and  fmiling  from  above, 

Sends  down  the  gofpel  of  his  grace, 
th*  epilUes  of  his  love, 

3.  Thefe  facred  words  impart 
our  Maker's  juft  commands  ; 

The  pity  of  his  melting  heart, 
and  vengeance  of  his  hands. 

♦74.   Hence  we  awake  our  fear, 
we  draw  our  comfort  hence  ; 
The  arms  of  grace  are  treafurM  here, 
and  armour  of  defence. 

ft  vVe  learn  Chrlft  crucify  M, 

and  here  behold  his  blood   ; 
All  arts  and   knowledges  befule 

will  do  us  little  good.]' 

6.   We  read  the  heav'nly  word^ 

we  take  the  ofler'd   grace, 
Obey  theitatutcs  of  the  Loid, 

and  trull  his  promiics. 


Fook  ff.         Spiritual    Songs  197 

7.   In  vain  (hall  fatan  rage 
agaiuit  a  book  divine, 
Where  wrath  and  lightening  guards  the  page, 
where  beams  of  mercy  mine. 


CXXI.    The  law  and gujpel  dtftinguifhed, 

1.  r  I  ^HE  law  command^, and  makes  u3  know 

1       What  duties  taour  Cod  we  owe  ; 
But  'tis  the  gofpel  mufl  reveal 
Where  lies  oar  itrength  to  do  his  will. 

2.  The  law  difcovers  guilt  and  (In, 

And  mews  how  vile  oar  hearts  h*tve  been  : 
Only  the  gofpel  can  exprefs 
Forgiving  love  and  cleaning  grace. 

3«    \Vhat  curies  doth  the  law  denounce 
^gainit  the  man  that  fails  but  once  .? 
But,  in  the  gofpel,  Chrifl  appears 
Pird'ning  the  guilt  of  num'rous  years. 

4.   My  foul  no  more  attempt  to  draw 
Thy  life  and  comfort  from  the  law  ; 
Fly  to  the  hope  the  gofpel  gives  t 
The  man  that  trufts  the  proraile,  lives. 


•■M 


CXXII.      Retirement  &nd  ?neditation> 
Y  God,  permit  me  not  to  be 


A  itranger  to  myfelf  and  thee 
Amidlt  a  thoufand  thoughts  1  rove, 
Forgetful  of  my  higheit  love. 

2.  Why  mould  my  pafTIons  mix  with  earth, 
And  thus  dehafe  my  heav'nly  birth  ? 
Why  mould  1  cleave  to  things  below, 
And  let  my  C^d}  my  Saviour  o-o  t 

:.  Cail  me  away  from  flefli  and  fenfe, 
One  fov'ieign  word  can  draw  me  thence  $ 

5  3 


1 9$  H  v  m   n   s  Bbok  IE 

i  would  obey  the  voice  divine, 
And  all  inferior  joys  refign. 

4.  Be  earth,  with  all   her  fcenes,  withdrawn.; 
Let  noife  and  vanity  be  gone  5 

In  fecret  filence  of  the  mind, 

My  heav'n,   and  there  my  God,   I  find. 

CXXIII.   The  benefit  cf  public  ordinances. 

1.  \   WAY  from  evYy  mortal  care, 

f\  Away  from  earth,  our  fouls  retreat  ;  . 
We  leave  this  worthlefs  world  afar, 
And  wait  and  worihip  near  tby  feat. ! 

2.  Lord,  in  the  temple  of  thy  grace 
We  fee  thy   feet,  and  we  adore  ; 
We  gaze  upon  thy  lovely  face,  . 
And  learn  the  wonders  of  thy  powY.  . 

3 .  Wh i le  here  on  r  v  a r i bus  wan t  s  w e  mourny. 
United  groans  afcend  on  -hi  oh  - 

And  prayer  bears  a, quick  return 
Of  bleflings  in  variety. 

[4.  If  fatan  rage  and  fin  grow  ftrong,- , 
Here  we  receive  fome  cheating  word  ;  j 
We  gird  the  gofpel  armour  on, 
To  fight  the  battles  of  the  Lard.. 

5.  Or  if  our  fpirit  faints  and  dies, 

(Our  confeience  gall'd  with  inward  flings}^ 

liere  doth,  the  righe'ous  fun  arife, 

With  healing  heams  beneatlr  his  wings.] 

6.  Father  !  my  foul  would  (till  abide 
Within  thy  temple,  near  thy  fide  : 
But  if  my  feet  muJt  hence  deparr, 
Still  keep  thy  dwelling  in  my  heart. 

CXXIV.  Mofes,  Aaron,  and  Jofhua. 
•^-r^IS  not  the  law  often  commands 


H6oft  II.        Sn^iruAL     Song  s  .         1 955 

Or  lent  to  men  by  Mofes'  hands, 
can  bring  us  fate  to  heav'n. 

2.  'Tis  not  the  Wood  which  Aaron  fpih, 
nor  fmoke  of  fweeteft  fn;cl], 

Can  buy  a  pardon  for  our  guilt, 
or  lave  our  fouls  from   hell. 

3.  Aaron  the  prielt  refigns  his  breathy, 
at  Cod's  immediate  will  ; 

And  in  the  defaru  yields  to  death, 
upon  tV  appointed  hill. 

4.,  And  thus,  on  Jordan's  yonder  fi.de,  , 

the  tribes   of  Ifr'ei  Hand, 
While  Mofes  bow'd  nib  head  and  dy'd 

fhort  of  the  promised  land. 

5.  If  el,  rejoice,  now  *  Jofbua  leads,  , 

he'll  bring  Jrour  tribes  to  relt : 
So  far  the  Saviour's  name  exceeds 

the  Ruler  and  the  Pricrjl. 

CXXV.     Faith  and  repentance,  unbelief  .and  im* •.- 
penitence. 

LIFE  and  immortal  joys  are  giv'n 
To  fouls  that  moura  the  fins  they've  done  _ 
Children  of  wrath  made  heirs    of   heav'n, 
By  faith  in  Cod's  eternal  Son. 

2*  Woe  to  the  wretch  that  never  felt 
The  inward  pangs  of  pious  grief, 
But  adds  to  all  his  crying  guilt 
The  flubborn  flu  of  unbelief.  . 

3.  The  law  condemns  the  rebel  dead; 
Under  the  wrath  of  Cod  he  lies  : 
He  feals  the  curfe  on  his  own  head, 
Aud  with  a  double  vengeance  dies, 


*--v    s\:\     Jef\$,   vvi     ftjnjifcs  a    S 


i 


2CO  Hymns     cni  Book  fT* 

CXXVJ.      God  glorified  hi  th:  go/pel. 
1.'  a  >U£  Lo/V,  defcending  from  above, 

X      invites  his  children  near  » 
While  pow'r  and  truth,  and  bounulefs  love, 
difplay  their  glories  here. 

2.   Here,  in  thy  gofpel's  wond'rous  frame, 

frefh  wiidom  we  purfMe  ; 
A  thoufand  angels  learn  thv  name, 

beyond  whate'er  they  knew. 

J.  Thy  name  is  writ  in  fairefi  lines, 

thy  wonders  here  we  trace  ; 
Wifdom  thro*  all  thy  milt'iies  mines, 

and  mines  in  Jefus'  face. 

4.  The  law  its  heft  obedience  owe-, 
to  our  incarnate  Qod\ 

AnA  thy  reven&ing  juiiice  mows 
its  hououis  in  his  brood.         • 

5.  But  Mill  the  luftre  of  thy  gra<   * 
our  warmer  thoughts  empioj 

Gilds  the  whole  fcene  with  brighter  rays. 
and  more  exalts  c:ir  joys* 

C XX VI I.     Circ'j?>:cific>:    and    bapt: 
[IVrlttzn  only  for  theft  who  pradife    the    bapiif)* 
of  infants.) 

I .r"T~^HLTS  dirt  the  fons  of  Acr.im  pafs 

JL      Under  the  bloody  leal  of  grx^ 
The  young  difciples  bore  the  yoke, 
*Till  Ckrifl  the  painful  bondage  broke. 

2.   By  mildei  ways  doth  Jejhi  prove 
His  Father's  cov'nanr,  and  his  loves 
He  feals  to  faints  his  glorious  grace, 
And  not  forbids  their  infant  race. 

>.    Their  i'eed  is  fprinkled  with  bi< 
Their  children  let  apart  foF  Cad \ 


Book  II.        Spiritual     Songs.  201 

His  fpirit  an  their  offspring  fhc-d, 
Like  water  pcur'd  upon  the  head. 

4.   Let  ev'ry  faint  with  chearful  voice 
In  this  large  covenant  rejoice  ; 
Young  children,  in    their  early  days, 
Shall  give  the  God  of  Abra7n  praift. 

i  '  ■  ■  "■  i"1"  ■    ■"■"        ■  '■»    

CXXVIII.    Corrupt  nature  from  Adam. 

r.T^Lefs'd  with  the  joys  of  innoceilce, 

1J   Adam  our  fat  Iter  ttood, 
Till  he  deba3'd  his  foul  to  fenfe, 

and  eat  th'  unlawful  food. 

2.  Now  we  are  born  a  fenfualrace, 
to  finfii!  joys  inclin'd  ; 

Reafou  has  loll  its  native  place, 
and  flefh  inflavts  the  mind. 

3.  While  fiefh,  and  fiyife,  and  pafligjpL  reigas, 
fin  is  the  fvveetelt^od  : 

We  fancy  mufic  in  our  chains, 
and  fo  forget  the  load. 

4.  Great  God  I  renew  our  ruin'd  frame, 
our  broken  pow'rs  reftore  ; 

Infpire  us  with  a  heav'uly  flame, 
and  flem  mall  reign  no  more, 

5.  Eternal  fpirit  1   write  thv  lav/ 
iij-011  our  inward  puts, 

And  let  the  fecond  tfdarp  draw 
his  image  oa  our  hearts. 

CXX1X.      W*  vja(h  kf£ajthtl  ?rA  by  fait* 
IS  by  the  f<thh  oi  joys  \o  come 


JL-     We  w  tli   thro'    4eiatt|  d ark  as  night  ; 
Till  wz  arrive  at  hea^n  our  home, 
Faith  is  our  guide,    and  .faith   our  ti&M 


2^2  II  Y  M  N  s     and  Book  IE 

g.    The  waai   nf  fioht  fhe  n-cil  fu  ppUcs, 
She  makes  the  pearly  gates  appear  ; 
Far  into  diftant  ;voi  Ids  ilie  pries, 
And  brings  eternal  glories  near. 

3.  Chearful  we  tread   the  rfc-farf  thro*, 
While  faith  infpires  a  lieaiSd?  rav? 
Tho' lions  roar,   aiut  tempelU  Wow., 
And  rocks  and  da  Timers  (Hi    the    way, 

4.  So  Abrum,  by  divine  command 
Left  his  own  houfe  to  walk  with  Cod  : 
His  faith  beheld  the  promis'd  land, 
And  fir'd  his  z-eal  along  the  road. 

CXXX.     The    new   creation. 

!•     A  TTENI),  while  (7^'s  exalted  foil 
il  doth  his  own  glories  (hew  : 

Behold,    I p  uVQti  gjy  r^p^ 

creating  all  things  new .9 

2.  Nature  and  fin  are  pafs'd  away, 

and  the  eld  Adam  dies  ; 
/Vi>*  ytawrtV  *  new  foundation  lay  $ 

fee  the  new  world  arife. 

%.  1 '//  £*  */?/«  o/*  righteoufaefs 

to  the  new  heavens  I  make  ; 
None  buttbe  new-born  heirs  of  grace 

my  glories  /ball  partake. 

4.  Mighty  Redeemer  !  fet  me  free 
from  my  old  (late  of  fin  ; 

Oh,  make  my  foul  aHve  to  thee, 
create  new  pow'rs   within. 

5.  Renew  mine  eyes,  and  form  mine  ear*, 
and  mould  my  heart  afrefh  ; 

Give  me  new  palfions,  joys,  and  fears^ 
and  turn  the  Hone  to  tied?. 


Bool;   IT.  S   P    T    H    1     1    U    A    L    S    O   N    G    S  lt>3 

6.    Far  from  the  i  id, 

from  fin,    and  fit  t    , 
In  the  new  world  lhat  as  made 

I  would  forever  cfwelh 

a, ,i— win      i  ininMinii   I   i      il  iwuamiiiii       ii   rrWTIinwii 

CXXXI.   The  sxcii:. 

I.T      ETtverUifhn;    glories  crown 

t    j    Thy  head,   n-.y  Saviour  and  my  LcrJ; 
Thy  hands  have  brought    lalvaiion  down, 
Aad  writ  the  bitllings  in  thy  word. 

[2.    vVhat  if  we  trace  iht  globe  around* 

And  fearch  from  Er-iain  to  Japan, 
There  mall  be  no  religion  found, 
So  jult  to  Cod}   fo  fafe  for  man. 3 

3.  In  vain  the  trembling  conference  feeks 
Some  folid  ground  to  rett  upon  ; 

With  long  defpair  the  fpirit  breaks, 
'Till  we  apply  to  Chrifl  alone. 

4.  How  well  thy  hleffed  truths  a*rree  I 
How  wife  and  holy  thy  commands  ! 
Thy  promifes,   how  firm  they  he  i 
How  firm  our  hope  and  comfort  Hands  I 

[c,    Not  the  fei^n'd  fields  of  HealKvtJh  blifs 
Could  raiie  fueh  pieafuies  in  the  mind; 
Nor  does  the  Turkifb  paradife 
Pretend  to  joys  fb  well  refin'd.] 

6.    Should  all  the  forms  that  men  d^vife 
AiTault  my  faith    with  treoch'rous  art, 
I'd  call  them  vanity  and  lies, 
Aud  bind  the  gofpel'to  my  heart, 

CXXXli.      The  offices  if- Chrin. 
.tl/E  blefs  the  Prophet  of  the  Lcrd, 
VV     that  comes  with  truth  znd  grace* 
Jefusy  thy  fpirit  and  thy  word 
(hail  lead  us  in  thy  way*, 


204  Hymns      a?id  Book  II. 

2.   We  revYence  our  Higfi-prieft  above, 

who  ofter'd  up  his  blood  ; 
And  lives  to  carry  on  his  love, 

by  plesding  with  our  Co  J. 

o.  We  honour  mirexahcd  Kino;; 

how  iweet  are  hi*  commands! 
He  guards  ourfi  uls  from  hell  and  fin. 

by  his  almighty  hands. 

4.   Kofanna  to  his  glorious  name, 

who  faves  by   ctiflYeut  v.jvs; 
His  me  re  res  [ay  a  lc* 'reign  claim 

to  our  immortal  praifc. 


CXXXfll.    the    operations    of  the    Holy  Spiiit. 

1.  "fT*  Tcrnai  Spirit   !    we  coniefs, 

j j    And  ling  the  wonders  of  thy  grace  ; 

Toy  pow'jr  conveys  our  bleflitigs  down 
From  God  the  Father  and  the  Son. 

2.  Enlightened  by  thine  heav'nly  ray, 
Our  (hades  aod  darknels  turn  today  ; 

1       oe  inward  teachings  make  us  l  now 
Our  danger,  and  our  rtiuge  too. 

3.  Thy  pow'r  and  glory  works  within, 
A    d  breaks  the  chains  of  reigning  lin  t- 
D    th  our  imperious  lults  fubdue, 
And  forms  our  wretched  hearts  anew. 

4.  The  troubled    confeience  knows  thy  voice, 
Thy  cheating  words  awake  our  joys  ; 

Thy  words  allay  the  ttormy   wind, 
And  calm  the  iurges  of  the  mind. 

C X X X I.  V .   C'trcumc ifto n  trfo lijhed. 
1.   r  S  MIE  promife  was  divinely  free, 

.  X        extenlive  was  the  grace  ; 
/  w  Ii  the  God  of  Aiva'ni  he. 
and  of  his  numerous  rase. 


Book  II.         Spipitual   Songs.         aa; 

2.  He  (aid,  and  with  a  bloody  feal 
confirmed  tlie  words  lie  fpoke  ; 

Lono  did  the  ions  of  Abravi  feel 
the  (harp  and  painful  yoke. 

3.  'Till  God\  own  Son,  defcending  low, 
gave  I j is  own  flHh  to  bleed  ; 

And  Gentiles  tarle  the  blellings  now, 
from  the  hard  bondage  ficcd. 

4.  The  GWt>f  A tr* 9tn  claims  ourpraife, 
his  promifes  endure  ; 

A:id  Chrlft  thc^Lord,  in  gentler  ways, 
makes  the  fivation  fare. 

CXXXV.   Trpes    ard  prophecies    of  Chri'r. 

1.  TOEHOLD  the  woman's  promis'd  feed, 
Jf3   Behold  the  great  Metfuh    come  j 

Behold  the  prophets  all  agreed 
To  give  him  %h~  fuperior  room. 

2.  Abramy  the  faint,  rejoie'd  of  old 
When  viiions  of  the  Lord  he  law  : 
Mofesf  the  man  of  God,  foretold 
This  great  fulfill  er  of  his  law. 

3.  The  types  bore  witnefs  to  his  name, 
Obtain'd  their  chief  defign  and  ceas'd  ; 
The  incenfo,  and  the  bleeding  lamb, 
The  ark,  the  altar,  and  the  prieih 

I4.   Predictions  iu  abundance  meet, 
JTo  join  tiieir  bledings  on  his  head  : 
Ijtfus,  we  wcrfhip  at  thy  feet, 
|Aud  nations  own  the  promitVd  feed. 

CXXXVI.  Miracles    at  the  birth  of  Chritt. 

.  rT^HE  King  of  Glory   fends  his  Son 

X     To  make  his  entrance  on  this  earth  ; 
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206  Hymns      and  Book  II. 

Behold,  the  midnight  bright  as  noon. 
And  heav'nly  holis  declare  his  bird!  ! 

2.  About  the  young  Redeemer's  hcrrd 
What  wonder?  and  what  glories  meet  J 
An  unknown  Mar  arofe,  and  led 

The  eallern  fages  to  liis  feet. 

3.  Simeon  and  Ann*  both  confjiire 
The  infant  Saviour  to  proclaim  ; 
Inward  they  felt  the  facred  fire, 

And  blefs'd  the  Babe,  and  o\rr/d  his  name> 

4.  Let  Jrwjand  Creeks  bljfpherne  aloud, 
And  treat  the  holy  Child  with  fcorn  ; 
Our  fouls  adere  th'  eternal  Cod 

Who  conde fcended  to  be  born. 

u  I^M^^^,-..    1,     -    ^Hl,l  ■■!!!■■       Illlll    ■■■■! 

CXXXVIL   Miracle*  in  ihe  life,  death,  and  re  fur. 
refiion  of  Chrift. 

I.T")EHOLD,  the  blind  their  fight  receive  ; 

£3   Behold,  the  dead  awake,  and  live  ! 
1  he  dumb  (peak  wonders  !   and  the  lame 
Leap  like  the  hart,  and  blefs  his  name  I 

2.   Thus  doth  th*  eternal  Spirit  own 
And  feal  the  miffion  of  his  Son  ; 
The  Father  vindicates  his  cauie, 
While  he  hangs  bleeding  on  the  crofs. 

5.  He  dies  ;   the  heat'ns    in  mourning  flood 
He  rifes,  and  appears  a  Cod  : 
Behold  the  Lord  afcending  high, 
No  more  to  bleed,  110  more  to  die, 

4.   Hence  and  for  ever  from  my  bean 

I  bid  my  doubt*  and  fears  depart  ; 

And  to  tlioib  hinds  my  foul  rrfign, 

Whicli  bear  credentials  i'o  divine.  h 

IF 

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CXXXVIII.     Tip  po-ver  of  the g»fptl. 

1.  *T^HIS  is  the  word  of  truth  and  love, 

Sent  to  ilu  nations  tram  above  -w- 
J  eh  iv  ah  here  refolves  to  fhew 
What  his  almighty  grare  can  do. 

2.  This  remedy  did  wifdom  fmd, 
To  Iieal  dileafes  of  the  mind  ; 

This  ibv'reign  balm,   whofe  virtues  can 
Reftore  the  min'd  creature,  man. 

3.  This  pofpel  bids  the  dead  revive. 
Sinners  obey  the  voice,   and   lire  : 

Dry  bones  are  rais'd,  and  cloath'd  afrefh, 
And  hearts  of  llone  are  turn'd  to  flefli. 

L4.  Where  fatan  reign'd  in  fhades  of  night 
The  gofpel  (trikes  a  heav'nly  light  ; 
Our  lulls  its  wond'rons  pow'r  controuls, 
And  calms  the  rage  of  angry  fcnls.J 

[>.   Lions  and  bealts  of  iavage  name 
Put  on  tlte  nature  of  the  Lamb  ; 
While  the  wide  world  edeems  it  (trange> 
Gaze,  and  admire,  and  hate  the  change,  j. 

^S.   May  byt  this  grace  my  foul  renew, 
Let  fmners  gaze  and  hate  me  too  ; 
The  word    that  faves  me  does  engaoe 
A  Aire  defence  from  all  their  rage. 

CXXX1X.      The  example  of  Chriit.        ~~ 

X"'\/T  ^  ^Cal   ^ea*eCQ?er>   am*  my  Lord, 

1VJL   J  read  my  duty  in  thy  word  -y 
But  in  thy  life  the  law  appears, 
Drawn  out  out  in  living  characters. 

Sucli  was  thy  truth,   and  fuch  thy  zeal, 
»uch  def 'rence  to  thy  Father's  will, 
|uch    love,  and  merknefs  fo  divine, 
would  tranferibe,  am!  make  them  mine. 
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3.  Cold  mountains,    and  the  midnight  air, 
Witntis'd  the  feivonrof  thy  pray'r  ; 
The  defnt  tliy  temptations  knew, 

Thy  conflict,  and  thy  vict'iy  too. 

4.  Be  thou  my  Pattern  ;   make  be  bear 
More  of  thy  gracious  image  here  ; 
Then  Ccd,   the  judge,  fhull  own  my  name 
Amongit  the  foll'wcrs  cf"  the  Ls.mb , 

CXL.   The  example s  ofC'hrift  and  the  faints. 

I.  f^  IVE  me  the  wings  of  faith  to  riie 

V  I      within  the  veil,  and  fee 
The  faints  above,  how  great  their  joys, 

how  bright  their  glories  be  [ 

2%   Once  they  were  mourning  here  be!ov*% 

and  wet  their  couch  with  tears  ; 
They  wrcflled  hard,  as  we  do  now, 

with  finSj  and  doubts,  and  fears. 

3.  I  afk  them  whence  their  vicVry  came  ? 
they,   with  united  hi  eat  h, 

Afcrib*  their  coiifineli  to  the  La?nb  ; 
their  triumph,    14  his  death. 

4.  They  marked  Mi  foo'  ieps  rliu  he  trod, 
(Ids  zeal  infpii'd  'her    ureal*  :) 

And,   ioli'wing  tbe'r  h     a:  Mate Ccd, 
poifefs  the  piomih'd  uft. 

5.  Our  glorious  Lead<  r  claims  our  praile, 
for  his  own  pattei       -\   v'n, 

While  the  long  clou.i  of  w  him 
ihew  the  faind  path  U>  hea\'n. 

CXLi.      Faith   ajflfti  I'  ;    or,     { 

baptifm,   and  thj  Lord's  fpfk 

I.Ik   /f  Y  Saviour- 'A.',    mff    fovYtign  \%\ 
£Vx      ctioi  b  t*£  abc\e  the  ik» 


jPoofc  11.     Spiritual    Songs.  ^j 

But  brings  his  graces  down  to  fenfe, 
and  helps  my  faith  to  rife, 

2.  My  eyes  and  ears  (hall  blefs  his  name, 
they  read  and  hear  his  word  ; 

My  touch  and  tafte  fhall  do  the  fame 
when  th>y  receive  the  Lord. 

3.  Baptifmal  water  is  defign'd 
to  feal  his  cleanfing  grace. 

While  at  his  feait  of  bread  and  wine 
he  gives  hisfaiuts  a  place  : 

4.  But  not  the  waters  of  a  flood 
can  niahe  my  flefh  fo  clean, 

As  by  his  fpirit  and  his  blood 
he'll  wafh  my  foul  from  fin, 

5.  Not  chorceft  meats,  or  noblell:  wines, 
fo  much  my  heart  refrefh, 

As  when  my  faith  goes  thro'  the  figns, 
and  feeds  upon  his  flefh. 

6.  I  love  the  t.ordy  that  (loops  io  low 
to  give  his  word  a  feal  ; 

But  the  rich  grace  his  hands  beftow 
exceeds  the  figures  ftill. 

CXLIL     Faith  in  Chri.fl  our  Sacrifice* 

lATOT  all  the  blood  of  beads, 
I  >[       on  Jewifh  altars  (lain, 
Could  give  the  guilty  conicience  peac€, 
or  wafh  away  the  ltain. 

2.  But  Chriffy  the  heav'nly  Lamb, 
takes  all  our  fins  away  ; 

I  A  ficrince  of  nobler  name, 
and  richer  blood  than  they, 

3.  My  faith  would  lay  her  hand 
on  that  dear  head  of  thine, 

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2 to  Hymns     and  i3djIv  If, 

While  like  a  penitent  I  (land, 
and  i  here  con  fe  is  my  fin, 

4.  My  foul  looks  back  to  fee 
the  burdens  thou  ti i ci » t  bear, 

When  hanging  on  the  ciirfed  tree, 
and  hopes  her  guilt  was  there. 

5.  Believing-,   we  rejoice 
to  Tee  the  curfe  remove  ; 

We  bleis  the  La?nb  with  chearful  voice, 
and  fing  his  bleeding  love. 

CXLHT.      F/f^  and  fpirit. 
J.TT7IHT  diff'renf  powVs  of  grace  and  fin 

VV    attend  our  mortal  (late  ? 
I  hate  the  thoughts  that  work  within, 

and  do  the  works  I  hate. 

2.    Now  I  complain,   and  groan,   and  die, 

while  fin  and  fatan  reipn  : 
Now  ruife  my  fongs  of  triumph  high, 

for  grace  prevails  cgain. 

3     So  darknefs  ftruggled  with  the  light, 

'till  perfect  day  arife  ; 
Water  and  fire  maintain  the  fight 

until  die  weaker  dies. 

4.  Thus  will  the  flefh  and  fpirit  drive, 

and  vex  and  break  my  peace  ; 
But  I  mall  quit  this  mortal  life, 

and  lin  for  ever  ceafe. 

CXL1V.     The  effufion  of  the  fpirit ;   or,  fhtfif 

cefs  of  the  gofpef. 
I.f^  Reat  was  the  day,  the  joy  vtas  great, 

VJT    When  the  divine  difciples  met  j 
Whilit  on  their  heads  the  fpirit  came, 
And  ft*  like  tongues  of  cloven  flam*. 


Bcoli  IT.  i  r  r  i  i  a  l   3  21 1 

Q.    W  hat   £fffs',    what    nlto  <  ..vc  ! 

Awcfrpovv'r  to  ;ive,  add  pcftft'r  to  (ave  ; 
Fhrii  ifliVl  '  \\<  ii   toHfrnes-with  woncTrc  ;**  wofdV 
Iuhead  o4    I       I     .   and  1:  ears  and  lwords. 

p.  Thus  arni^d,  I  e  lent  tlie  champions  forth- 
From  e.'iit  to  weir,    fronvfnuth  to  north  j 
6*0,   a  nd  afftb  t  j  ot>r  Saviour's  caufe  > 
Co,  ffrtM'.tht  i*sfl'ty  (j  &i  crojs. 

4    Thefe  weapons  of  the  holy  war,. 
Of  what  almighty  force  they  are, 
To  make  our  iiubborn  poffions  bowy 
Aiici  la)-  the  proudelt  rebel  low  ! 

5.  Nations,  the  learned  and  the  rude, 
Are  by  thefe  heav'nly  arms  fubdu'd  ; 
While  fatan  rages  at  his  lofs, 

And  hates  the  doctiine  of  the  crofs. 

6.  Great  King  of  grace,  niy  heart    fubdue  * 
I  would  be  led  in  triumph  too, 

A  willing  captive  to  my  Lord, 
And  ling  the  vicVries  of  his  word*. 

CXLV\    Sight  thro'  a  g/afs,  and  face  tojace* 

r.T  Love  the  windows  of  thy  grace 

X   thro'  whieh  my  Lord  is  feen, 
And  long  to  meet  my    Saviour's  face^ 

without  a  glafs  between. 

2.  Oh,  that  the  happy  hour  were  comer 
to  change  my  faith  to  fight  ! 

I  (hall  behold  my  Lord  at  home 
in  a  diviner  light. 

3.  Hade,  my  beloved,  and  remove 
thefe  interpofing  days  ; 

Then  mail  my  parTions  all  be  lorr^ 
and  all  my  pow'rs  be  p:aiie* 


:i~  Hymns     and  Book  FT. 

CXLVI.     The   vanitj    of  creatures  ;  or,  no   re/} 
on  earth. 

}'•   71  TAN  has  a  Com\  of  raft  defiies, 

IV  J.    he  bums  within  with  reitleis  fires  ; 
Toil  to  and  fro,   his  paflions  fly 
From  vauity  to  vanity, 

2.   Iu  vain  on  earth  we  hope  to  find 
focfic  folid  good  ro  fill  t  tie  mind  : 
We  try  new   plea fu res  but  we  tee) 
The  inward  thirrf  and  torment  ftill. 

5.   So  when  a  raging  fever  burns, 

We  (hi ft  from  fide  to  fide  by  turns  ; 

And  'tis  a  poor  relief  we  gain, 

To  change  the  place  but  keep  the  pain. 

4.  Great  Gorfl   fubdue  this  vicious  thirit, 
This  love  to  vanity    and  duil  ;     • 
Cure  the  vile  fever  of  the  mind. 
And  feeil  our  fouls  with  joys  refin'd. 

■  ■■>•—— —Mil    I  11  1    1  |H        11     naifc^liT       ■        .1  ■— I  —  r  ■   IM  a  >wm 

CXLVI  I.   The  creation  of  the  world,  Gen.  1. 
I.  fiJOIV  let  a  jpacious  world  arlfey 

laid  the  Creator  Lord  r 
At  once  th*  obedient  earth  and  ikies 

rofe  at  bis  fovVeign  word. 

[2.   Dark  was  the  deep  ^  the  waters  lay 

confus'd  and  drown'd  the  land  : 
He  calfd  the  light ;  the  new-born  day 

a. tends  on  his  command. 

3.  He  bids  the  clouds  afcend  on  high  P 
the  clouds,  afcend,  and  bear 

A  wat'ry  treafure  to  the  Iky, 
and  float  on  fofter  air. 

4.  The  liquid  element  belov^ 
was  gather'd  by  his  hand  5 

The  roiling  leas  together  rlo>v, 
and  leave  the  folid  land. 


Book  II.       Spiritual    So  n  g  s«        233 

5.  With  herbs  and  plants  (a  ilow'iy  birth) 
the;  naked  ^lcbe  he  crowjl'd, 

Ere  there  wa»  rain  to  bit  is  the  eartb, 
or  fun  to  warm  the  ground. 

6.  Then  he  adorn 'd  the  upper  ikies  5 
behold,   the  fun  appears, 

The  moon  and  ft*f$  in  order  rile, 
to  mark  out  months  and  years. 

7.  Out  of  the  L]€tp  tli'  almighty  (Cftfe 
did  vital  being?  frame, 

The  painted  fowls  of  ev'ry  wing, 
and  fiih  of  ev'vy  name.] 

€.   He  gave  the  lien  and  the  worm 

at  once  their  wond'rous  birth  ; 
And  gazing  beads  of  various  form 

rofe   from  the  teeming  earth* 

f.   Adam  was  fram'd  of  fqual  clay# 

tho*  iov'reign  of  the  relr, 
Defign'd  for  nobler  ends  than  they  ; 

With  Go<F%  own  imao-e  bieiVd. 

o 

JO.   Thus  glorious  in  the  Maker's  eye 
the  J  r»d  ; 

Ins  worn  prorfdinyc'd  it  gi 

ir.   Lird}  e  frame  of  nature  vtands, 

tliv  prajie  fcall  fill  my    tongue  : 
[But  the  0  Id   of    jrace  demands 

ore  t  xalted  feng. 


.      God  r... 


f  T^  r   all  the  names  above, 

,   VJ   My  Je 

'•  ** 

oi   t,  j  f 


2T4  H  y  m   H  s       and  Boofc  1!, 

2.  '  r i s  by  ihc  mcrirs  of  thy    death 
the  Father  On  lies  again  : 

'Ti*  by  thine  hi$ej  c  reding  breath 
the  (pitit  dwells  with  meii, 

3.  'Till  Coiiu  human  fieih  I  fee  ; 
my  (noughts  no  comfort  find  ■ 

The  holy,  jull,  and  facred  Three 
are  terrors  to  my  mind. 

4.  But  if  Emanuel's  Face  appear, 
my  hope,  my  joy  begins  ; 

His  name  forbids  my  flavifti  fear, 
bis  grace  removes  my  fins. 

5.  While  Jews  on  their  own  law  rely, 
and  Creeks  of  wifdom  boaft, 

I  love  th'  incarnate  myfteiy, 
and  there  I  fix  my  truflr. 


CXL1X.  Honour  to  magiflrates ;  or,  government 
from  God. 

1.  T?  TERNAL  Sov'reign  of  the  fky, 

|j      and  Lord  of  all  below, 
We  mortals  to  thy  Majeity 
ourfirit  obedience  owe. 

2.  Our  fouls  adore  thy  throne  fupreme, 
and  blefs  thy  providence, 

For  magillrates  of  meaner  name, 
our  glory  and  defence. 

[3.   The  crowns  of  Brltifh  princes  fliine 

With  rays  above  the  reft  ; 
Where  laws  and  liberties  combine 

to  make  the  nation  blefs'd.] 

4.   Kingdoms  on  firm  foundations  fland, 

while  virtue  finds  reward  ; 
And  finners  perifh  from  the  land, 

by  jultice  and  the  i\vord. 


Hook  II.  S  p  i  r  i  t  r  A  r.    S  O  N  Q  S.  21  > 

5.   Let  C.r/lrr's  due  be  ever  paid 

to  Gvfar  and  his  throne  ; 
3a t  conicie^ccs  and  fouls  ,\eic  made 

to  be tli«  Lord'4  alone. 

CL.     The  deceiifulntfs  rf 

x.£HN  has  a  thoufand  IrcachVous  arts 

^j  to  pracli  fc  on  rhe  mind  ; 
With  ftfttt  riug  looks  the  tempts  our  hearts, 

but  leaves  a  (lino  behind. 

2.  With  names  of  virtue  (lie  deceives 
the  aged  and  the  young  ; 

And  while  the  heedlcfs  wretch  believes^ 
flie  makes  his  fetters  ftrong. 

3.  She  pleads  for  all  the  joys  (he  brings 
and  «ives  a  fair  pretence  ; 

But  cheats  the  foul  of  hrav'nlv  thin&s, 
aud  chains  it  down  to  fenfe. 

4.  So  on  a  tree  divinely  fair 
grew  the  forbidden  food  ; 

Our  mother  took  the  potion  there, 
and  tainted  all  her  blood. 


T 


CLI.   P roth  icy  arid  injpiratijii. 
WAS  by  an  order  from  the  Lor  J, 


The  antienrpropL.  ts  moke  his  word  j 
His  fpirit  did  their  tongues  infpire, 
And  warm'd  their  hearts  with  heav'niy  fire. 

2.  The  works  and  wonders  which  they  wromght 
Confirmed  the  melfages  they  brought  : 

T^e  propnet's  pen  fucceeds  Ills  breath, 
T0  f^xe  the  hoiy  words  from  death.," 

3.  Great  God  !  mine  eyes  with  pleafurc  Io«k 
t3n  the  dsur  volume  of  thy  bock  ; 


126  H  Y  M  N  s      and  Book    IL 

There  mv  Redeemer*-.  fHce  I  fee, 
And  read  his  name,  who  cv  'd  for  me. 

*.   l.<  \  tbe  faille  raptures  of  J  lie  mind 
&.uri  vanjfh  in  the  wind  : 

Ht?rt!  i  can  fii  my  hope  i ecu  re  ; 
Tills  is  thy  word,  and   mull  endure. 

CLII.    Sinai *nd Slop ,  Hcb.xYu  iS,  £-*. 

1.  \  JO  r  to  the  terrors  of  the  Lord, 
]J\    the  rempett  tire  and  imoke, 

Not  to  the  thunder  of  that  word 
which  Cod  on  Sinai  fpoke. 

2.  But  we  arc  cone  to  iS/0tt's  Liil, 
t lie  city  of  our  Ccdy 

Where  milder  words  declare  his  will, 
and  iprcad  his  lot  e  abroad. 

3.  Behold  th*  innumerable  heft 
of  angels  cloath'd  in  li^ht  ! 

Behold  thefpiiits  of  the  \\\\\, 
whofe-  faith  is  tuni'd  i&fMit  ! 

4.  Behold  the  biefs'd  alTeiruMy  there, 
whofe  names  are  writ  in  heav'n  ! 

And  God,   the  judge  of  all,  declares 
their  vileit  fins  Jbroiv'n, 

5.  The  faints  on  earMi,  and  all  the  dead, 
hut  one  communion  make, 

All  join  in  Chriji,  their  living  head, 
and  of  his  grace  partake. 

6.  In  fuch  fociety  as  this 
my  weary  foul  would  reii  : 

The  man   thac  dwells  where  Jtf*J  is, 
muir  be  forever  blefVd. 


CL1II.     The    d'if}c?Kp:r}  folly  and  madnefs  if  fin 
i.f|IN,  like  a  venomous  difeafe, 
*J  infects  our  vital  blood  ; 


Book  ir. 


S  t i r  i  t  v a i    Songs 


217 


TJie  only  bain,  is  fov'reigii  grace, 
and  tkephviician,   GtJ. 

2-   Our  beauty  and  our  Itrength  are  fled, 
and  «,  draw  near  to  death  , 

■Ifzf.  tl,e  £'r'>  rec-^Is  *»>*  d"d 
With  ins  almighty  breath. 

^Wapf'  bfno,»^^fi"«  within, 

'Til'  V  f         S  '""'"  a"d  r*Ifr 

nil  <WS  own  fen  with  fkill  divine 
the  H.ward  fire  affuage.  ' 

U-   We  lick  the  durt,   we  graft  the  wind 
and  (ohd  good  diCife-  d' 

"M  #/*'  snakes  us  wife. 

*\vTdf  7  T  f°uh  the  »*»»*  «•**  feel 

we  dimk  the  pois'nous  mH  7         ' 

And  rufb  with  fury  down  To  hell- 

hut  heavn  prevents  the  fall.1 
[6.  The  man.j.ofleli'd  anion «ft"tl,e  t-,-,1 

cuts  h,S  o.n  iich  and  cries  ;  °"',S 

«L'  loams  and  raves    'till   7,^ 


;;  t/,«  „,it  h,  d„l,~ '  ™  '  ;i  ,'T ,vor'1  • 


21 3  H  Y  m  K  s     and  Book  II. 

"  Look  to  my  right'ou  Chefs,  and  live  ; 
€C  Comfort  aad  peace  are  mine  to  give.] 

4.  u   Ye  Tons  of  pride  that  kindle  coals 

u   With  your  own  hands,    to  warm  your  fouls, 
u  Walk  in  the  light:  of  your  own  fire, 
«<  Enjoy  the  (parks  that  ye  defire. 

5.  "  This  is  your  portion  at  my   hands; 
"   Hell  waits  you  with  her  iron  bands  ; 
€e  Ye  (hall  lie  down  in  {01  row  there, 

u   In  death,  in   darknefs,  and  defpair." 

CLV.      Chrift  wr  Faffover. 

1.  T"       O,  the  deftroying  angel  fics 
Jj j    to  Pharaoh's  llubbom  land  ! 

The  pride  and  flowV  of  Egypt  dies 
by  his  vindictive  haud. 

2.  He  pafs'd  the  tents  of  Jacob  o'er, 
nor  pour'd  the  wrath  divine  ; 

He  fiw  the  blood  on  ev'ry  door, 
and  blefs'd  the  peaceful  fign.. 

3.  Thus  the  appointed  lamb  mud  bleed, 
to  break  th*  Egyptian  yoke; 

Thus  Ifrclit  from  bondage  freed, 
and  Ycapes  the  angel's  itroke. 

4.  Lord /if  my  heart  were  fprinkled  to© 
with  blood  fo  rich  as  thine, 

Juilice  no  longer  would  purfue 
this  guilty  foul  of  mine. 

5.  Jeftts  our  paffover  was  llain, 
and  ha?  at  once  procur'd 

Freedom  from  Satan's  heavy  chaio, 
.     and  Cod's  avenging  fwouL 


Boafr  II-         Spih.tual   Soncs.         219 

CLVI.     Pre/uatption    and   defpair  ;     or,     Satan 
various  temptations. 

r.  T  Hire  ihe  tempter  and  Iiis  charms, 

\    }  hate  1m  flatt'rffig  breath  ; 
The  Tm  pent  takes  a  thoufand  forms 

to  cheat  our  (bills  to  death. 

2.    He  feeds  our  hopes  with  airy  dreams, 

or  kills  wiih  flavifh  fear  ; 
An  J  holdf*  us  iliil  in    -  rde  extremes, 

prefu  motion  fir. 

j,   Novi  hi  tnjy  'tis 

To  wJdk  the   road  to  k:av'n; 
Anon  he  i'treDs  oar  fins,   and  cries, 

%kcy  ce&:not  beforgta'm 

[4.  He  bids  voting  (inhere,    Yet  forbear 

to  thml  of  God,    or  death  ; 
Fc?  prayer  and  donation  are 

btti  nielanci:z:y  ,r:at/>. 

5,  He  tells  the  aged,  They  muff  die, 
and 'tis  too  /ate  to  pray  ; 

In  vain  for  mercy  now  they  cry, 
for  they  huve  loli  their  day .] - 

6.  Thus  he  flip  ports  bis  cruel  throne 
by  mhchief  ami  deceit  ; 

And  drtkgs  the  ions  or  Aiam  down 
to  d  -.rknefs-aud  the  pit. 

7    Almighty  God,  cut  fhort  liis  powY, 

let  hi ip  in  darknefs  dwell  ; 
And  that  he  vex  the  earth  no  more, 

coufrr.e  hiin  down  to  hell:  > 


"N 


GLVsI.     Tie  fame. 

O  W    fa  tan  comes  with  dreadful  roa* 
and  threatens  to  deftrov  j 

U2 


220 


Hymns      and 


Book  1L 


He  worries  whom  he  can't  devour 
with  a  malicious  joy. 

2.  Ye  fons  of  Cod,  oppofe  his  rage, 
refill,   and  he'll  he  gptte  ; 

Thus  did  our  deareil  Lord  engage 
and  vanquifli  him  alone. 

3.  Now  he  appears  al.noll  divinej 
like  innocence  and  love  ; 

But  the  old  terpen t  lurks  within, 
when  he  arTumes  the  dove. 

4.  Fly  from  lhe  falfe  deceiver's  tongue, 
ye  fons  of  Adam  fly  ; 

Our  parents  found  the  fnare  too   ftroMg, 
nor  mould  the  children  try. 

CLVIII.    Fewfaved;   or,  the  alwoft  CkriQian,  the 
hypocrite  and  apoflate- 

1.  Y)  ROAD  is  the  road  that  leads  to  death, 
XJ  Aud  thoufands  walk  together  there ;. 

Butwifdom  fhews  a  narrower  path, 
With  here  and  there  a  traveller. 

2.  Deny  thyfelfy  and  take  thy  crofs, 

Is  the  Redeemer'^  great  command  ; 
Nature  mull  count  her  gold  but  drofs^ 
Jf  fhe  would  gain  this  heavenly  land. 

3.  The  fearful  foul  that  tires  and  faints, 
And  walks  the  ways  of  Gad  no  more, 

Is  but  eileem'd  almoft  a  faint, 

And  makes  his  own  deltruttion  furc. 

4.  Lord  let  not  all  my  hopes  be  vain. 
Create  my  heart  entirely  new  ; 
Which  hypociites  could  ne'er  attain 
Which  f  alle  spoliates  never  knew. 


Eook  II.     Spiritual    Songs.         c  * 

CLIX.     An    unconverted   [\ate\  or,    co   i 
grace* 

[t./^  RE.AT  King  of  Glory  and  of  Grace 

\,J    we  own,  with  humble  ilia  ire, 
How  vile  is  our  degenerate  race, 
and  oar  firit  fathers  name.  J 

2*   From  Adam  flows  our  tainted  blood, 

the  poifon  reigns  within, 
Makes  us  averie  to  ali  that's  good, 

and  willing  Haves  to  tin. 

[3;  Daily  we  break  thy  holy  laws, 
*  and  then  reject  thy  grace  ; 
Euiiau'd  in  the  old  ierpent's  caufe, 
again  ft  00 r  Maker  s  lace.  J 

4.   We  live  efrrang'd  afar  from  Ccd, 

and  Jove  the  diitance  well  ; 
With  halte  we  run  the  dang'rous  road 

that  leads  to  death  and  hell. 

;.    And  can  fuch  rebels  be  reftor'd  ! 

fuch  natures  made  divine  ! 
I*et  timers  (ee  thy  glory,  Lord* 
and  feel  this  pow'f  of  thine. 

6.  We  rai(e  our  Father's  name  on  high, 

who  his  own  fpirit  fends 
To  brincr  rebellious  (tranters  nigh'. 

and  torn  his  foes  to  friends. 

'     — rrrif  ■■—i—i  ■  »  iTwiinwir  ii  1     in    111     1  an    -      ,  i  •--  ^  1  U= 

CLX-.     Cuftom  in  fin. 

LET  the  wild  leopards  of  the    ; 
Put. off.  the  fpots  that  11  uure    . 
JTiieu  may  the  wicked  turn  to  God, 
And  change  their  tempers,  and  r  ,eir  ]i} 

2i  As  well  might  Etkhpian  Haves 
Waih  out  the  darknef,  of  tneir  Ikin.; 
tT  3< 


El   f    M    fi    s      a;:  J 

The  dead  as  well  may  leave  t  heir  graves, 
As  old  tranfgrefl'ors  ceafc  to  fin. 

3.  Where  vice  lias  lick!  its  empire  long, 
'Twill  not  endure  the  fe&ft  confront ; 
None  but  a  pow*r  divinely  fi*ong 

Can  turn  the  current  of  th e  foul. 

4.  Great  CW/   I  own  thy  pow'r  divine, 
Tiiat  works  to  change  this  heart  of  mine  ; 
I  would  be  (orm'd  anew,  and  blefs 

The  wonders  of  creating  j?race. 

■ 
CLXI.      Christian    virtues  /  or,  the    dzjjicuitj    of 

Converfion, 
t.rjTRAIT  is  the  way,  the  door  is  itrait, 

ij"  that  leads  to  joys  on  high  ; 

*Tis  but  a  few  that  iiud  the  gate, 

while  crowds  iniitak^  and  die. 

2.  Beloved  felf  rfiuii  be  deny'd, 

the  mind  and  will   renew'd, 
Paffion  fupprefs'd,  and  patience  try'd 

and  vain  defiles  fubdu'd.- 

£3.   Flefli  is  a  dang'rous  foe  to  gracey 

where  it  pre  vails  and  rules  j 
Flefli  mult  be  humbled,  pride  abas'd/ 

left  they  deltroy  our  fouls. 

4.  The  love  of  gold  be  baniftVd  hence,, 
(that  vile  idolatry) 

And  ev'ry  member,  ev'ry  fenfe, 
in  fwect  fubjeclion  lie. 

5.  The  tongue,  that  moft  unruly  pow'i* 
Requires  a  ftrong  reitraint : 

We  mull  be  watchful  evVv  hour, 
and  pray,  but  never  faint.} 

Lord,  can  a  feeble  helpleis  worm 
*fti  a  tafk  ix>  hard 


Book  II.       Spiri  t  u  a  l    Song  s.       TTj  ' 

Thy  grace  mull   all  my  work  perform, 
and  give  the  free  reward. 

CLXII.     Meditation  if  heave?:  ;  or,  the  joys    of 
fxith. 

r.T^  /f  Y  thoughts  furmomit  thefe  lower  ikies, 

J\JL    Wd  look  within  the  veil  ; 
Tbeie  fpriugs  of  endleis  plea  fu  re  rife, 

the  waters  never  fail. 

2.   There  I  behold,  with  ftveet  delig lit, 

the  blefied  Three  in  One  ; 
And  wrong  affections  fix  tr.y  fight 

On  GW's  incarnate  Son. 

;.   His  promife  frauds  for  ever  firm, 

liis  grace  (hall    ne'er  depart  ; 
He  binds  my  name  upon  his  aim, 

and  feals  it  on  his  heart. 

4.  Light  are  I  fie -paints  that  nature  brings;: 
how  fhort  our  for  rows  are, 

When  with  eternal,  future  things,, 
the  preient  we  compare  t 

5.  I  would  not  be  a  (li  anger  Hill 
to  that  celeftial'  place, 

Where  I  for  ever    hope   to  dwell 
Near  mv  Redeemer's  face. 


GLX1II.       Cowiplaint    of   deferti&n   and    tempta- 
tions. 

i.T^  EAR  Lord!  behold  our  fore  diltrefs  -7 

JL/   our  fl  is  attempt  to  reign  ; 
Stretch  put  thine  arm  of  conquVi-g  grace, 

arid  let  thy  foes  be  flaia* 

£2.  The  lion  with  lv's  dreadful  roa* 


H  Y  N  N  s      and 


Book  If. 


Reveal  the  glory  of  thy  pow'r, 
ana  chain  him  to  the  deep. 

5.  Muft  we  indulge  a  long  defpair  f 
lhall  our  petitions  die  ? 

Our  mournings  never  reach  thine  ear, 
iior  lears  ahVit  thine  eye  f] 

4,   If  thou  defpife  a  mortal  groan, 

yet  hear  a  S  ivioui  '$  blood  ;  . 
An  advocate  fa  near  the  tin  one 

pleads  and  prevails  with  CW. 

>'.    He  bVought  the  fpirit's  pow'rfui  fword, 

to  flay  our  deadly  foes  : 
Oar  (ins  fhall  die    beneith  tiiy  word, 

and  hell  in  vain  o«^  of*. 

6.  How  bonndiefsis  our  Father's  grace, 
io  heighfh,   and   depth,  and  length!" 

He  made  his  Son  our  right\mfnefs, 
his  fpiiit  is  aur  itreiigth. 

CLXIV.      Tit  end  of  the  world. 

I.TT7HY  (liould  tliis  earth  delight  us  fib  : 
VV     why  fhould   we  fix.  our  eves 

On  thefe  low  grounds  where  ibriows  grow, 
and  ev'ry  pleafure  dies  ?• 

2, -While  time  his  fharpeit  teeth  prepares 

our  comforts  to  devour, 
There  is  a  land  above  the  itars, 

and  joys  above  his  pow'r 

3.   Mature  (hall  be  diilblv'd  and   die, 

thei'un  mult  end  his  race, 
TLe  eaith  and  lea  for  ever  fly 

before  my  Saviour's  face. 

fa   When  will  that  glorious  morning  rifei 
wheu  tne  latt  trumpet  found, 


Book  II.      S  p  i  r  i  t  v  a  i.   S  o 

And  call  the  nations  to  the  ikies, 

from  underneath  the  ground  ! 


i\"  c  s. 


285 


CLXV. 


Vnfruiiftilnefi,  ignorance,  and  ur.far.c- 


«■    ]        ONG  have  I  fat  beneath  the  found 

•L>    °f   tl'V  ralvation,  Lord; 
iiut  ftilJ  how  ueah  my  faith  is  found, 
and  knowledge  of  thy  word. 

2.   Oft  I  frequent  thy  holy  p]nce, 

and  hear  almoft  io  vain  : 
How  fmall  a  p„rtion  of  thv  grace 

my  mem'ry  can  retain  I 

l\  *?}*'  Almighty,  and  my  Codt 
Low  little  art  thou  known      "  * 

and  bleffings  0f  thv  t].COI^  j      J 

4-  How  cold  and  feeble  is  my  love  t 
How  negligent  mv  fear  ! 

How  low  my  hope  of  jovs, hove* 
!>ow  few  affections  there  ! 

5-  Great  Cod  \  thy  fov'reign  pow'r  impart 
tog,vethy  word  fnecefs ,  ;    F    Wln'J'a,t» 

*™»  rhy  faction  in  my   »«rt 
and  make  me  learn  thy  grace 

£'>•   Shew  my  forgetfu1  ft.-,  ,,, 

;hatieadStoKvso,;li:;I;:'— y 

There  knowledge  orrw«     ':,,.  '    .    , 
ano  love  flialfneVerdk  ]      °Ut  **"* 


2  26  II    T    M    N    S      and  Book  If. 

[2.   The  great  inviiihle  !   lie  dwells 

concealed  in  dazzling  light  ; 
But  liis  alMcarching  eye  reveals 

the  Gifcrets  of  the  night. 

3.   Thoft:  watchful  eyes  that  nevei  ileep 

furvey  the  world  around  ; 
His  wifdom  is  a  houndleis   <2ecp, 

where  all  our  thoughts  are  diown'd."1 

[4.   Speali  ;ve  of  [i:r  ngth  ?    his  arms  b  ftroffgj 

to  fire  or  to  cfefffboy  ; 
Infinite  years  his  life  prolong, 

and  endlef  s  is  his  joy  .] 

[5:.  He  knows  no  fhadow  of  a  change, 

nor  alters  his  decrees  ; 
Firm  as  a  rock  his  truth  remains, 

to  guard  his  promifes,] 

£6.  Sinners  before  his  prefence  die  t 

how  holy  is  liis  name  ! 
His  anger  and  his  jealouiy 

burn  like  devouring  flame.] 

7.   Juftice  upon  a  dreadful  throne 

maintains  the  rights  of  Cod ; 
While  mercy  (ends  her  pardons  clown, 

bought  with  a  Saviour's  blood, 
t.    Now  to  my  foul,  i'    mortal  King, 

fpeak  fohie  forgiving  word  ; 
Thru  'twill  be  doubl    joy  to  frag 

the  gloried  of  my  Lord. 


CLXVI1.      The  divine  perfettion. 

\.f~*-  REA  r  God  I  thy  glories  (hall  employ 
1    I    My  holy  fear,  my  Humble  joy  j 

My  lips,  in  fon^s  of  honour  b    ng, 
Their  tribute  10  ll   eternal  Kiii£. 


ftook  II.  Spiritual   Songs.  22". 

[2.   Earth  and  the  (tar*, and  worlds  unknown, 
Depend  precarious  on  his  throne  : 
All  nature  hang 3  upon  his  word, 
And  grace  and  gtdry  own  their  Lord."] 

[;.   His  fovVeign  pow'r  what  mortal  knows  ? 
If  he  commands,   who  dare    oppofe  ? 
With  il  rength  he  oirds  himfelf  around, 
And  treads  the  rebels  to  die  ground.] 

[4.   Who  (hall  pretend  to  teach  him  fkill, 

Or  guide  the  ccunfeh  of  his  will  ? 

His  wifdom,  like  a  fra  divine, 

Flows  deep  aud  high  beyond  cur  line.] 

[f.   His  name  is  holy,  and  his  eye 
Burns  with  immortal  je  tlcufv  ; 
He  hares  the  Tons  of  pride,   and  (Leds 
His  fiery  vengeance  on  tiieir  heads.] 

[6.   The  beamings  of  his  piercing  fight 
Bring  daik  hypocrify.  to  light  ; 
Death  and  diftruct'on  naked  lie,     . 
And  hell  uncover'd  to  hi"  eye. 3 

£7,   Th*  eternal  law  before  him  Hands  ; 
Hi?  juftice,   with  impartial  hands, 
Divides  to  all  their  due  reward, 
Or  by  the  fceptre,  or  t lie  Avoid .] 

£8.   His  mercy,  like  a  boundle fs  fea, 
Waliies  our  load  of  guilt  away  ; 
While  his  own  Son  came  down  and  dy'd, 
T'  engage  his  juiiice  on  cur  fide.") 

[9.   Each    of  his  words  demands  my  faith  j 

My  lbul  can  reik  on  all  lie  faith  j 

His  truth  inviolably  keeps 

The  largeit  promiie  of  his  lips.] 

to.   Oh,   tell  me,  with  a  gentle  voice., 
T-hw  art. my  God,  and  I'll  rejoice  ! 


$5$  II  y  m  n  s       a  .  1  Book  II. 

fill'd  with  thy   love,   I  dare  proclaim 
The    brighcfli  honours  of  thy  name. 

CLXVIII,      The    fame. 

t.    TEHOVAH  reigns,   his  throne  is  hfgTt, 

J    His  roots  are  light  and  majtft] 
His  glory  fhines  with  beams  fo  bright, 
No  mortal  can  fuilain  the  fight. 

2.  His  terrors  keep  the  world  in  awe, 
Kis  juilice  guards  ins  holy  Jaw, 

His  love  reveals  a  fmiiing  face, 

His  truth  and  promiie  feals  the  grace. 

3.  Thro'  all  Ins  woi  !;s  his  witllom  flUHCS, 
And  baffles  ia  tan's  deep  ilefigfns  : 

His  pow'r  is  lbv'reion  to  fulfil 
The  noblelt  couniels  or'  or"  his  will* 

4.  And  will  this  glorious  Lord  dclcend 
To  be  my Father,  and  my  Friend  .? 
Then  Jet  my  longs  with  angels  join  ; 
Heav'n  is  ('ecu  re,  ii    GiJ  be  mine. 

1  1  11     1         -      -  *       1  1    ■     1 

CLXIX.      The  fame  ,-   as  the  cxlviii.  ijaim. 

I.    rnr^HE  Lord  Jehovah  reigns' 

i      His  throne  is  built  on  high  ; 
The  garments  he  ailumes, 
Are  light  and  ni:«jHty  ; 

•Pits  glories  thine 

With  beams  i'o  brightj 

No  mortal  eye 

Can  bear  the  fight. 

2.   The  thunders  of  his  hand 
Keep  the  wide  world  in  awe  ; 
His  wrath  and  justice  (land 
To  guard  Iris  holy  law  ; 

And  where  his  love 

llefolves  to  blefs, 


Book  II.  Spiritual   Songs.         2-3* 

His  truth  confirms 
And  Teals  the  grace. 

3.  Thro'  all  his  ancient  works 
Snrprifing  wifdom  (nines, 
Confounds  the  pow'rs  of  hell, 
And  breaks  their  curs'd  defions  * 

Strono  is  his  arm, 
And  mail  fulfil 
His  great  decrees, 
His  fov'reign  will. 

4.  And  can  this  mijrhtv  Kin*- 
Of  glory  condefcend  f 

And  will  he  write  his  name, 
Mv  Father  and  mj  Friend  P 

I  lore  his  name, 

I  love  his  word  ; 

Join  aU  my  pow'rs, 

And  praife  the  Lcrd. 


CLXX.  God  income f heckle  and ' Jtvtrcign. 
[I.  */^*N  creatures,  to  prefeclion,  find 
_       V^    Th   eternal,  uncreated  mind  » 
Or  can  the  largcft  ftretch  of  thought    ' 
Meaiure  and  feaich  bis  nature  outl 
*•    'Hs  high  as  heav'n,  'tis  deep  as  helL 
And  what  can  mortals  know,  or  tell  i 
I  His  glory  fpreads  beyond  the  iky 
And  ail  the  mining  worlds  on  high. 

3-  But  man,  vain  man,  would  fain  be  wife, 

T  a  r       1     C  f°llleS  of  his  ™nd, 
lAnd  fmells  and  fuufFs  the  empty  wind.] 

I4.   Ccd  is  a  King  of  pow'r  unknown  j 
Jrirm  are  the  orders  of  his  throne  , 
*  Job  xi.   7,  &c. 


2}0 


II  y  :r  n  s     and 


Book  II. 


If  he  refolve,   who  dire  oppofe, 
Or  afk  him  why,  or  what  he  dots  ? 

5.  He  wounds  the  heart,  and  lie  mokes  whole  ; 
He  calms  the  tempeft  of  the  foul  .• 

When  he  (huts  up  in  long  defpair, 
Who  can  remove  the  heavy  bar  ? 

6.  *  He  frowns,  and  darknefs  veils  the  mcon, 
The  fainting  fun  grows  dim  at  noon  : 

•J-  The  pillars  of  heav'n's  ft  airy  roof 
Tremble  and  ftart  at  his  reproof. 

7.  He  gave  the  vaulted  heav'n  its  form, 
The  crooked  ierpent,  and  the  worm  ; 
Ke  breaks  the  biilows  with  his  breath, 
And  fmites  the  ions  of  pride  to  deathj 

8.  Thefe  are  a  portion  of  his  ways  ; 
But  who  fliall  dare  defcribe  liis  face  ; 
Who  can  endure  his  light  ?  or  (land 
To  hear  the  thunders  of  his  hand  ? 


Job  xxv.  5. 


T  Job  xx vi.   1 1,  &<"• 


The  End  of  the  Second  Book. 


H     Y     M     N      S 


AND 


Spiritual     Songs, 


- 


BOOK     III. 


Prepared  for  the  Holy  Ordinance  of 
the    Lord's  Supper. 


1.  The    Lord's    Supper   inftituted,   i    Cor.    xi. 

23,   ire. 

Vtt-^WAS  on   that  dark,  that  doleful  night, 
When  pow'rs  of  earth  and  hell  aroie 
JL       Again  ft  the  Son  of  Cod's  delight  j 

And  friends  betray 'd  liim  to  hu  foes, 

2.  Before  the  mournful  fcene  began, 

He  took  the  bread,   and  bleis'd  and  brake  : 
What  love  thro'  all  his  actions  ran  ! 
What  wond'rous  words  of  grace  he  fpake  ! 

2.    This  is  viv  body,   broke  for  f;;;, 
Receive  a?id  eat  the  living  food  : 
Then  took  the  cup,    and  blefs'd  the  wine  5 
9Tis  the  ?iew  covenant  in  viy  blood. 

«-4     For  us  his  flefh  with  nails  was  torn, 
He  bore  the  fcourge,    he  felt  the  thoi*, 
And  juttice  pour'd  upon  his  head 
Its  heavy  vengeance,     in  our  iiead. 


232  H  y  m  n  s     and  Book II!. 

5-    For  us  his  vital  blood  was  fpilt, 
To  buy  the  pardon  of  our  guilt  ; 
When,   for  black  crimes  of  biggeft  fize, 
He  gave  his  foul  a  facrifice.] 

4.   Do  this  (he  cry'd)  'till time  Jhall end, 
In  meyn'ry  of  your  dying  Friend  ; 
Meet  at  my  table  ^  and  record 
The  Uve  of  your  departed  Lord. 

[7»   Jefu*>  thy  feall  we  celebrate, 
We  (hew  thy  death,  we  fing  thv  name> 
"Till  thou  return,  and  we  (hall  eat 
The  marriage  fupper  of  the  Lamb.'] 

— — w,'iw "^"» ■■■■■ii  ———»——  1  ■■     1 

II.  Communion  with  Chrift  and  with  faints,  1  Cor, 
x.  16,  17. 

1.  TESUS  invites  his  faints 

J       to  meet  aromid  his  board   ; 
Here  pardon'd  rebels  (it  and  hold 
com  in  union  with  their  Lord. 

2.  For  food  he  gives  his  flefh  ; 
he  bids  us  drink  his  blood  : 

Amazing  favour  !   matchlefs  grace 
of  our  defcending  Cod  /] 

3.  This  holy  bread  and  wine, 
maintains  our  fainting  breath,, 

By  union  with  our  living  Lord 
and  int'reft  in  his  death.. 

4.  Our  heav'nly  Father  calls 
Chriji  and  his  members  one  ; 

We  the  young  children  of  his  love, 
and  he  the  tint- born  Sou, 

5.  We  are  but  lev'ral  parts 
of  the  fame  b  soke  11  bread  ; 

One  body  hatii    1  teverul  limbs*, 
but  J^/us  is  the  :uaU. 


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6.   Ler  all  our  pow'rs  be  join'd 
his  glorious  name  to  raile  ; 
Pleasure  and  love  fill  ev'ry  mind, 
and  ev'ry  voice  be  praife. 

III.     71*  «*w  teftament  in  the  l/ood  of  CbriA  ;  or 
/yfd    vtvi  covenant  fealed. 

1.  rrHE  promife  of  my  Father  s  love 

Jbatl  fiandjtr  ever  good : 

^e  faid    and  gave  li is  ibul  to  death, 

and  ie&rd  the  grace  with  blocd. 

2.  To  this  dear  cov'nant  to  thy  word 
I  fet  my  w  or  thief's  name; 

I  feal  th*  engagement  of  my  Lord, 
and  make  my  humble  claim. 

3.  Thelight,andftrengtb,and  pard'ning  grace 
and  glory*   lhall  be    mine  ; 

My  lire  and, ibul,   my  heart  and  flefn, 
and  all  my  powers  are  thine.. 

4.  I  call  that  legacy  my  own 
which  Jeftti  did   bequeath  j 

Twas  puichas'd  with  a  dying  groan, 
and  ratify 'd  in  death. 

j.   Sweet  is  the  mem'ry  of  his  name 

who  blefs'd  us  in  bis  will, 
And  to  his  teftament  of  love 

made  his  own  life  the  feal. 

_  1 1      h   1  1     1  1  ■        ■  1  m  1  -  ■  m  m  1  ■  '  ■ 

IV.     Cliviil's  dying  Uvs  ;   or,  our  pardon    bough / 
at  a  dear  price* 

Jl  T  T  OWr  cond^ fcen d i n g%  3nd  how  kind, 

jj    was  Cod's  eternal  Son  ' 
Our  mis'*}    reach'd  hi<  heav'uly  mind, 
and  pity  brought  kfin  down. 

x3 


534  rf   Y   m    .^   s     and  Book  III;. 

[2.   When  jufHce,   bv  our  fns  provok'd, 

drew  forth  its  dn-adful  fword, 
He  gave  his  foul  op  to  the  ftroke, 

without  a  morm'ring  word.l 

[3.  Ke  funk  beneath  oar  heavy  woes,. 

to  raife  us  to  his  throne  : 
There's  ne'er  a  gift  his  hand  bellow^ 

but    coil  his  heart  a groaiv. j 

4.  This  was  companion  like  a  God; 
that  when  the  Saviour  knew 

The  price  of  pardon  was  his  blood, 
his  pity  ne'er  withdrew* 

5.  Now  tho'  he  reigns  exalted  high;, 
his  love  is  Mill  as  great : 

Well  he  remember  Calvary  >r 
nor  let  his  faints  forget. 

£6.   Here  we  behold  his  bowels  roJT* 

as  kind  as  when  he  dy'dy 
And  fee  the  fbrrows  of"  his  foul 

bleed  thro*  his  wounded  fide.] 

[7;  Here  we  receive  repeated  feals 

of  ft/us*  dying  love  : 
Hard  is  the  wretch  that  never  feeJs 

one  loft  afle&ion  move.J 

8*   Here  let  onr  hearts  begin  tomelt,. 

while  we  his  death  record, 
And,  with  our  joy   for  pardon'd  guirt^ 

mourn  that  we  pierced  the  Lord* 

V.    Chriit  the  bread  of  life,  John.  vi.  31,  35>3J^- 

P.  J      ET  us  adore  th'  eternal  word,, 

I    a    'tis  he  our  fouls  hath  fn\  : 
Thou  art  our  living  ft  ream,  O  Lord}. 

and  thou- th*  immortal  bread. 


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[~2.   The  manna  came  from  lower  /Lies, 

bat  Jefus  from  above, 
Where  the  frefh  (firings  of  pleafme  riiV, 

and  rivers  flow  wi>Ii  love. 

£   The  Je-vs,  the  fathers-  dy'd  at  lift,. 

wlio  ear  that  heav'nlv   bread  ; 
But  thefr  provifions  v  hich  we  talte 

can  raife  us  from  the  dead.] 

4,  Blefs'd  be  the  Lord,  that  gives  his  fleili 
to  nourifh  dying   men  ; 

And  often  fpreads  his  table  frefli, : 
led  we  mould  faint. again. 

5,  Our  fouls  fhall  draw  their  heav'nly  breath^ 
w  hi  lit  Jtfus  finds  (up  plies  ; 

Nor  (hall  our  graces  fink  to  death,. 
For  J  ejus  never  dies. 

[76.  Daily  our  mortal  flefli  decays, 

but  Chrlfl  our  life  (hall  come  j 
His  unrelated  pow'i  (hall  raife 

our  bodies  from  the  tomb.  J; 

VI.     The  mainortal  of  Q7(r  abfe?it  Lord,  John  xvi 

16  i     Luke   xxii.   19     John  xiv.   3. 
Ii    TESUS  is  gone  above  the  ikies, 

J    Where  our  weak  fenfes  reach  him  not ;, 
And  carnal  objects  court  our  eyes, 
To  thrult  our  Saviour  from  our  thought. 

2i    He  knows  what-  wand'eing  hearts  we  havc^ 

Apt  to  forget  his  lovely  face ; 

And,  to  refrefh  our  minds,   he  gave 

Thefe  kind  memorials  of  his  grace. 

J.    The  Lord  of  Life  this   table  fpread 
With  his  own  flelh  and  dying  blood  5 
We  on  the  rich  provifion  feed, 
Ana  taite  thewine^  andbkfs  the  God, 


2^6  H   Y    M    N    s      and  Book  \\\. 

4.  Let  (infill  fwects  be  all  forgot, 
And  earth  grow  lefs  in  our  e(tecm  ; 
Ch>-ijl  and  his  love  fill  ev'ry  thought, 
And  faith  and  hope  be  fix'd  on  him. 

5.  Whilft  he  is  abfent  from  our  fight, 
'Tis  to  prepare  our  fouls  a  place, 
That  we  may  dwell  in   heav'nly  light, 
And  live  for  evtr  near  his  face. 

[6     Our  eyes  look  upwards  to  the  hills 
Whence  our  returning  Lord  (hail  come  ; 
We  v\ait  thy  chariot's  awful  wheels, 
To  fetch  our  longing  fpirits  home. J 

VU.       Crucifixion    to    the    vjor/d   by   the   crcjj    ct 
CI11  iit,     Gal.  vi.  14. 

T,    tt?HENt  I  fmvev  the  woudYous  croft 

VV      °J1  which   the  Prince  of  Glory  dy'd>. 
My  richelt  ^ain  1  couut  but  lof>, 
And  pour  contempt  on  all  inv  pride. 

2.  Fobid  it  Lord,   that  T  mould  boaft, 
Fave  in  the  death  of  Chuff  my  CoJ : 

AH  the  vain  things  that  charm  me  molly 
I  iacrifice  them  to  his  blood. 

3.  See  from  his  head,   his  hands,   his  feet 
Sorrow  and  love  flow  mingled  down  ! 
Did  e'er  fucli  love  and  fori  ow  meet  ? 

Or  thorns  comuofe  fo  rich  a  crown  ? 

[4.   His  dying  crimlbn,   like  a  robe, 
Spreads  o'er  his  body  on  the  tree  ; 
Then  am  I  dead  to  all  the  gh  be, 
And  all  the  globs  is  dead  to  me.] 

5.  Were  the  whole  realm  of  nature  miae>. 
That  were  a   prefent  far  too  fmall : 
Love  Co  an a zing,  fo  divine, 
Demand*  my  fou);  my  liie.,  my  all. 


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VIII.      The  Tree  of  Life. 

[i./^OME,  let  us  join  a  joyful  tune 

V  _j    to  our  exalted  Lcrdy 
Ye  faints  on  high  around  his  throne, 
and  we  around  his  board. 

2.  While  once  upon  this  'lower  ground 
weary  and  faint  ye  ilood, 

Wliat  dear  refreihment  here  ye  foand 
from  this  i;nmortal  food!] 

3.  The  tree  of  life,  that  near  the 'throne 
in  heav'n's  high  garden  grows, 

Laden  with  grace,  bends  gently  down 
itsever-iiniliiig  boughs. 

[4.  Hov'ring  amongft  the  leaves,  there  flands 

the  fweet  celeftial  Dove, 
And  Jsfus  on  the  branches  hangs 

the  banner  of  his  love.] 

[5.  'Tis  a  young  heav'n  of  ft  range  delight 

while  in  his  (hade  $>£  Cu  : 
His  fruit  is  pleahng  *,       \  ^ght> 

and  to  the  taite   as  fweef. 

6.  New  life  i;  fpreads  thro*  dying  hearts, 
and  chears  the  drooping  mind  ; 

Vigour  and  joy  thejaicc  imparts, 
without  a  uing  behind.) 

7.  Now  let  the  flaming  weapon  Hand, 
and  guard  all   Eden's  trees; 

There's  ne'er  a  plant  in  ail  that  land 
that  bears  inch  fruic  as   theie. 

S.   Infinite  grace  cur   ibuls  adore, 
whole  wond'ious  hand  has  made 

This  living  branch  of  fov'reign  pow'fc 
to  rjuie  and  healths  dead. 


2V3  H    y    ;.i    n*    s      end  k  III. 

IX.      Tie     Spirit y      the     water,      und      :!;c   i/ccd, 
i  John  v.  6. 

1.  *T      ETall  our  tongues  he  one, 
P_J   to  praiie  our  6V/  on  ii<;i}, 

Who  from  Ms  bolbtn   lent  his  Son 
to  fetch  us  ftivuigers  ni^!:. 

2.  Nor  let  our  v  ►»<  »a  r  e*aK? 
to  iing  the  Saviour's  ivurne  ; 

Jcfus,  M  Ambaffador  of  Peace, 
how  chearfully  he  came  ! 

3.  It  coll  him  cries  and  tears 
to  bring  us  near  to  Cod  ; 

Great  was  our  debt,  and  he  appears 
to  make  the  payment  good. 

[4.   My  Saviour's  pierced  fide 
pour'd  out  a  double  flood   ; 
By  water  we  are  purify'd, 
and  pardon'd  by  the  blood. 

5.  Infinite  was  our  g^ilr, 
but  he,  oi»r  I'rieft,  ucoaes  ; 

On  the  cold  ground  bis  life  was   fpilt, 
and  oifer'd  with  his  groans.] 

6.  Look  up,  my  foul,  to  hi  in 
whofe  death  was  thy  defert, 

And  humbly  view  the  living  ftream 
flow  from  his  breaking  heart. 

7.  There,  on  the  curfed  tree, 
in  dying  pangs   he  lies, 

Fulfils  hi*    Father's  great  decree, 
and  all  our  wants  fupplies. 

8.  Thus  the  Redeemer  came, 
by  water,  and  by  blood  : 

And  when  the  i;>irit  (peaks  the  fame 
we  feel  his  witnefs  good. 


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9.  While  the  etferrial  Th-ce 

bear  their  record  above, 
Here  I  be1  i eye  he  ciicd  lor  me 
and  feal'd   my  S   pour's  love. 

[ic.   Lord,   cleanfc  my  ton]  from  fin, 
nor  let  thy  grac«  depart, 
GreAComforter  !   abide  within 
and  uitnefs  to  my  heart. 


X.  Chrift  crucified  ;  fkwrfdon  a*d  prmtr  of  God. 

i."V  TATURE  with  open  vol ■  me  (lands, 

I  A|     To  ipread  her  maker's  p'raifs  abroad  ; 
^nd  er'ry  labour  of  his  hands 
Shews  fomethmg  worthy  of  a  Cod, 

2.    But  in  the  grocc  that  refcu'd  man. 
His  brightert  form  of  glory  mines  : 
Here,  on  the  crcfs,   'tis  faireft:  drawn 
In  precious  blood,  and  crimfon  lines. 

[3.   Here  his  whole    name    appears  complete  ; 
Nor  wit  can  guefs.  nor  reafon  prove, 
Which  of  the  letters  belt  is  writ, 
Thepow'r,  the  wifdom,   or  the  love.] 

Here  1  be'iold  his  inmoit  heart, 
Where  grace  and  vengeance  ftrangely  join, 
Piercing  his  ion  with  fharpeft  fmart, 
To  make  the  purchas'd  pleafnres  mine. 

5.  O  !   the  fweet  wonders  of  that  crcfs 
Where  Cod  the  Saviour  lov'd  and  dy'd  ! 
Her  noble (t  life  mv   Pp  irit  draws 

From  his  dear  wounds  and  bleediug  tide. 

6.  I  would  forever  fpeak  his  name 
In  iouuds  to  mortal  ears  unknown, 
With  an-;els  join  to  praii>  the  La?uk, 
And  worfhip  at  his  father's  throne. 


24©  H  y  m  if  s   ar.d  Book  III, 

XI.  Pardon  brought  to  our  fen/es  • 

1.  T      ORD,  bow  divine  thy  comforts  are  ! 
J j    how  heav'nly  is  the  place 

"Where  Je/us  fpreads  the  facred  feafl 
oi  his  redeeming  grace  ! 

2.  There  the  licli  bounties  of  our  Gouy 
and  fweeteit  glories  thine; 

There  J  ejus  fays,  that  /  am  his, 

and  my  beloved's  mint* 

3.  Here  j    (foy«  the  kind  redeeming  Lord. 
and  (hews  his  wound  -d  fide) 

Sed  here  the  fprhig  of all  your  joj  s, 
at  open'd  when  I  dy'd  / 

[4.  He  fmiles,  and  chears  my  mournful  heart, 

and  tells  o«  all  his  pain  ; 
AH  this  fays  he,   /  bore  for  the:y 

and  then  he  fimles  again.] 

5.    What  mail  we  pay  our  lieav'nly  King 

for  gi  ace  lb  rait  as   this  ? 
He  brings  our  pardon  to  our  eyes, 

and  feals  it  with  a  kifs. 

£6.  Let  fuch  amazing  loves  as  thefe 

be  founded  all  abroad  ; 
Such  favours  ar*  beyond  degrees, 

and  worthy  of  a  God~] 

£7.  To  irim  that  wauYd  us  in  his  blood 

be  everlalling  praife, 
Salvation,  honour,  glory,  pow'r, 

eternal  as  his  days.] 

XII.   The  gofpeijea/l,  Luke  xiv.  16,    &c. 
£l.TTOW  rich  are  thy  provihens,  Lord  ! 

XjL    rhy  table  fumihVd  from  above  ! 
The  fruits  cf  life  o'erfpread  the   board, 
The  cup  o'erfiows  with  lieav'nly  love. 


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2.  Thine  ancient  family,  the  Jews, 
Were  ftrft  invited  to  the  feaft  : 
We  humbly  take  what  they  refnfe, 
And  Gentiles  thy  falvation  tafte. 

3.  We  are  the  poor,  the  blind,  the  lame, 
And  help  was  far,  and  death  was  nigh  i 
But,  at  the  gofpcl-call  we  came. 

And  ev'ry  want  receiv'd  fupply. 

4.  From  the  high-way  that  leads  to  helh 
From  paths  of  darknefs  and  defpair 
Lord,   we  are  come  with  thee  to  dwell, 
Glad  to  enjoy  thy  prefence  here.] 

[c.   Wrhat  fliall  we  pay  th'  eternal  Son, 
That  left  the  heav'n  of  his  abode, 
And  to  this  wretched  earth  came  downr 
To  bring  us  waudVers  back  to  6W/ 

6.  It  coll  him  death  to  fave  our  lives  j 
To  buy  our  fouls,  it  colt  his  own  ; 
And  all  the  unknown  joys  lie  gives 
Were  bought  with  agonies  unknown, 

7.  Our  everlafting  love  is  due 

To  him  that  ranfom'd  finners  loft  j 
And  pity'd  rebels,   when  he  knew 
The  va(V  expence  his  love  would  ccft.J 

XIII •  Divine  love  making  a  feafl,  and  ca/Iing  in 

the  gttefts,  Luke  xiv.    j  7,   22,    23. 
X.  T  TOW  iweet  and  awful  is  the  place, 

J  X   with  Cbr'tfi  within  the  doors, 
While  everlailing  lore  difplays 

the  choice  it  ot  her  itcres  ! 

2.  Here  eVry  bowel  of  our  God 

with  foft  companion  rolls; 
Here  peace  and  pardon,  bought  with  blood, 

is  food  for  dying   fouls. 


24*  Hymns     and  Bo.k  HI. 

[3.  While  all  onr  hearts  and  all  our  fonos 

join  to  admire  the  feaft, 
Each  of  us  cry,  with   thankful  tongues, 

u  Lord,  why  was  I  a  gueft  i 

4.  a  Why  was  I  made  to  hear  thy  voice, 
"  and  enter  while  there's  room  ; 

u  When  thoufands  make  a  wretched  choice, 
"  and  rather  ftarve  than  come  ?"] 

5.  *Twjs  the  fame  love  that  fpread    the  feaft, 
that  fweetly  forc'd  us  in  ; 

Elfe  we  had  (till  refus'd  to  tafte, 
and  perfh'd  in  our  fin, 

£6.  Pity  the  nations,  O  our  Cod, 

conftrain  the  earth  to  come  ; 
Send  thy  victorious  word  abroad, 

and  bring  the  (Irangers  home. 

7.  We  long  to  fee  thy  churches  full, 

that  all  the  chofen  race 
May  with  one  voice,  and  heart,  and  foul, 

(ing  thy  redeeming  grace.] 

'"  —     _  _ 1  na 1 — — — — |— — — ~— - y-  L 

XIV     Thefong  of  Simeon  ;  or,  a  fight  ©/Thrift 
makes  death  eafy,  Luke  ii.   28. 

1.  \TOW  have  our  hearts  embiac'd  our  Cod 
]/\|     We  would  forget  all  earthly  charms. 

And  wifli  to  die,  as  Simeon  wou'd 
With  his  young  Saviour  in  his  arms. 

2.  Qur  lips  mould  learn  that  joyful  fong 
Were  but  our  hearts  prepar'd  like  his ; 
u  Our  fouls  ftill  waiting  to  be  gone, 
st  And,  at  thy  word,  depart  in  peace. 

3.  "  Here  we  have  feen  thy  face,  O  Lord, 
"  And  view  falvation  with  our  eyes, 
"  Tailed  and  felt  the  living  word, 
r<  The  bread  defcendiog  from  the  flries. 


Book  III.     Spiritual    Songs.       243 

4,  ."   Thou  hail  prepai'd  tins  dying  La?nb, 
**    Halt  i'ec  his  blood  before  our  lace, 

"   To  teacii  ihete;rois   of  thy  name, 
"   And  fiicw  the  wonders  of  thy  grace. 

5.  "    He  is  our  ligM,  our  morning-ftar 
'*   Shall  (nine  on  nations^yet  unknown  ; 

<   The  glory  of  thine  lfrel  here, 
i*   And  Joy  of   fpirits  near  the  throne." 


XV.     Our  Lord  Jefus  at  his  own  table. 

[i.^T^HE  mem'ry  of  our  dying  Lord 

X      awakes  a  thankful  toHgue  : 
How  rich  he  fore  ad  his  royal  board 
and  blefs'd  the  food,  and  fung. 

2.  Happy  the  men  that  eat  this  bread, 
but  double  blefs'd  was  he 

That  gently  bow'd  his  loving  head, 
and  le.iii'd  it^  Lord,  on  thee. 

3.  By  faitji  the  fame  delights  we  tafle  . 
as  that  great  fav'rite  did, 

And  fit  and  lean  on  Jcfusy  brr#ift, 
and  take  the  heav'nly  bread  ] 

4.  Down  from  the  palace  of  the  ikjes 
hither   the  King  descends  ! 

u    Come,   my  beloved,   eat  (he  cries) 
"   and  drink  falvation,  friends. 

I   [5.  if  My  flefh  is  food  and  phyfic,  too,  * 
ft  a  balm  for  all  your  pains  : 
4t   And  the  red  ftreams  of  pardon  flow 
"  from  thefe  my  pierced  veins. "] 

6.   Hofanna  to  his  bounteous   love, 

for  fuch  a  feait  below  ! 
And  yet  he  feeds- his  faints   above 

with  nobler  bleffin^s  too.* 
Y   2 


244  H  Y  M  ■  s     and  Book  III. 

[7.  Come,  the  dtar  day,  the  glorious  hour, 

that  briugs  our  ibuls  to  ieit  ! 
Then  we  iha!l  need  thefe  types  no  more, 

but  dwell  at  th'  heav'nly  featt.] 

XVI.      The    agonies    of  Chriit. 

I«  XTOW  let  our  pains  be  all  forgot, 
JL^j    our  hearts  no  more  repine  ; 

Our  fuff'rings  are  not  worth  a  thought, 
when,  Lord,  compar'd  with  thine. 

2.  In  lively  figures  here  we  fee 

the  bleeding  Prince  of  love  ; 
Each  of  us  hope,  he  dy*d  for  me, 

and  then  our  griefs  remove. 

[3.   Our  humble  faith  here  takes  her  rife, 

while  fitting  round  his  hoard  ; 
And  back  to  Calvary  (he  flies, 

to  view  her  groaning  Lord. 

4.  His  foul,  what  agonies  it  felt 
when  his  own  Cod  withdrew  .• 

And  the  large  load  of  all  our. guilt 
lay  heavy  on  him  too. 

5.  But  the  divinity  within 
fu;v>orted  him  to  bear  ; 

Dying,   he  conquer 'd  hell  and  fin, 
and  made  his  triumph  there.] 

6.  Grace,  wifdom.  juitice,  join'd  and  wrought 
the  wonders  of   that  day  : 

T^o  mort  ii  tongues  nor  mortal  thought 
can  equal  thanks  repay. 

7.  Our  hymns  (hould  iouud  like  thofe  above, 
could  we  «ur  voices  raife  ; 

Yet,  Lord,  our  hearts  (hail  all  be  love, 
and  all  our  live*  be  praife* 


Book  III.     Spiri  t  u  At    Songs.       24? 

XVII.      lucanparable  food ;     or,    the  fe/h    ai>d 
b.uod  of  Chrilt. 

[1.  TT  7E  fing  tfl*  amazing  deeds 

\  V     that  grace  divine  performs  ; 
TIi'  eternal  Cod  comes  down,  and  bleeds, 
to  no  u  rim  dying  worms. 

2.  This  foul-reviving  wine, 
dear  Saviour,    'tis  thv  blood  ; 

We  thank  that  facred  flefh  of  thine,  , 
for  tLis  immoi  tal  food] 

3.  The  banquet  lhat  we  eat 
is  made  of  heav'nly  things; 

Eaith  hath  no  dainties  half  io  fvvett    ^ 
as  our  Redeemer  brings. 

4.  In  vain  had  Adam  foqghf, 
and  fe&rch'd  h*>  garden  round, 

For  there  was  no  fuch  bleiTed  fruit 
in  all  the  ha|>py  ground. 

5*  Th'  angelick  holl  above 
can  never  taile  this  food  ; 
They  feait  upon  their  Mat  er's  love, 
but  not  a  Saviour's  blood. 

6;   On  us  tli*  alm?ghty  Lord  '  * 

bellows  this  mat  chiefs  gr^ce, 
Aiid  meets  us  with  Come  cheating  wordy, 
with  pleafure  in  his  face. 

7.  Come,   all  ye  drooj  ing  faints, 
and  banquet  with  the  King  » 
This  wine  will  drown  your  fad  complaints^ 
and  tnue  your  voice  to  ling.  . 

8S  Salvauon  to  the  name" 
of  our  adored  drift  ; 
Thro'  the  widj  earth  his  grace  proclaim^ 
his  glory  in  the  high'fh 


546  M  y  a  h  s  600k  UK 

XVIII.      Th;  funis. 

1.  TESUS  r  we  bow  before  thy  feet  % 
J     Thy  labie  is  divinely  itor'd  ; 

Thy  facied  flefh  cur  fouls  have  eat  , 
'Tis  living  bread  ;  we  thank  thee,  Lord / 

2.  And  here  we  drink  our  Saviour's  blood  ; 
We  thank  tlvee,   Lord  !•  'rib  ^en'rous  wine, 
Mingled  with  love  ;  the  fountain  ftow'd 
From  that  dear  bleeding  heart  of  thine. 

3.  On*  earth  is  no  inch  fweetnefs  found, 
For  the  Lamb's  riefh  is  heaVnly  food  : 
In  vairt1  we  fearcli  the  globe  around 
For  bread  to  fine,  or  wine  fo  good. 

4.  Carnal  proviflons  can  at  bell 

But  chear  the  heart,  or  warm  the  head  ;■ 
£11$  the  rich  cordia-1  that  we  Tafte 
Gives  life  eternal  to  the  dead* 

f.  Joy  to  the  Matter  of  the  feall. 
His  name  our  ibuls  for  ever  blels  ; 
To  God  the  King  and  God  the  Prieir 
A  loud  ho  fa  una-  round  the  place, 

XIX m    Glory  in  the   Grofs ;    or   not   afhavnd   of 
Chrlfi  crxcifigd.- 

J.     AT  thy  command,  our  dearett  Lord, 
Jr\  Here  we  attend  thy  dying  featt  ; 
Ihy  Wood,  like  wine,  adorns  thy  board, 
And  thine  o*n  fleih  feeds  ev'ry  gueih 

2.  Our  faith  adores  thy  bleeding  lover 
And  trufts  for  life  in  one  that  dy*d  -, 
We  hope  for  heavenly  crowns  above, 
From  a  Redeeraei  crucify'd^ 

1*  Let  the  vain  world  pronounce  it  fhamc> 
Aad  fling  their  feandals  on  the  cauie  \ 


Boot  III.     Spiritual  Songs.       24,7 

We  come  to  boail  our  Saviour's  name, 
Ant!  make  our  triumphs  in  his  erofs. 

4.  With  joy  we  tel!  the  {coifing  age, 
He  that  was  dead  has  left  his  tomb, 
He  lives  above  their  utmoil  rage, 
And  we  are  waiting,   "rill  he  come. 

XX.      The  provifions  for  the   table  of  our  Lord ; 
or,  the  Tree  cfLife,  and  River   of  Love. 

I.  I        OKD,   we a<Jore  thy  bounteous  hand, 

J j      and  fing  the  iblemn  feaft, 

Where  Aveet  celeitial  dainties  (land 
for  ev'ry  willing  guelt. 

£2.   The  Tree  of  Life  adorns  the  boartfc 

with  rich  immortal  fruit, 
And  ne'er  an  angry  flaming  fword 

to  guard  the  paifuge  to't. 

5.  The  cup  frands  crown'd  with  liviag  juice  f 
the  fountain  flows  above, 

And  runs  down  (beaming,,  for  our  ufe, 
in  rivulets  of  love.  J 

4.  The  food's  prepar'd  by  heav'nly  art, 
the  pieaioie's  well  refiu'd 

They  fpread  new  life  through  ev'ry  heart 
and  chear  the  drooping  mind* 

5.  Shout  and  proclaim  the  Saviour's  love, 
ye  faints  that  talte  his  wine  ; 

J3in  with  the  kindred  faints,  above, 
in  loud  h Ola-Una's  join* 

6.  A  thowfand  ^Tori^s  to  the  Cod 
tftat  £jv   b  iucii  joy  as  this  * 

Hoi;::         1   iet  it  icon''  ab*  r.  Sp 
and  ic^c^  wbti  s   j  sj  tu  is. 


~48  Hymns     and  Book  IJJ, 

XXL      The  triumphal 'ft aft  for  Chrift'j  vittory    c- 
XHt  fin,   and  death,   atjd  ML 

[r.   r^OME,   let  us  lift  our  voices  high, 

V  j      hij>li  as  oar  jo)s  arife, 
And  jpin  the  foags  above  the  fly^ 
where  pleasure  never  die s. 

2i   Jefus,  tlie  Cod  that  fMigfit  and  bled,. 

and  con  quel  'il  when  he  fell, 
That  rofe,   and  at  Jiis  chariot  wheels 

dragg'd  all  the  poweis  of  lie  11.  J 

[3.   Jtfu*i  the  God,  invites  us  here,. 

to  1  his  triumphal  fealt, 
And  brings  immortal  bleihngs  down 

for  each  redeemed  gutih 

4.  The  Lordl  how  glorious  is  his  face  I 
how  kind  his  fairies  appear  ! 

And,  oh  !   what  melting  words  he  i]*\  s 
to  every  humble  ear  !  . 

5.  "   For  yon,  the  children  of  my  love,  , 
"  it  was  for  you  I  dy'd  ; 

u   Behold  my  hands,   behold*  my  feet, 
"  and  look  into  my  (ide. 

6.  fi  Thefe  are  the  wounds  for-  you  I  bore, 
"  the  tokens  of  my  pcins, 

**  When  1  came  down  to  irte  your  fouls 
*«  from  mifery  and  chains. 

[7    m   Jultice  unlheath'd  its  fiery  fwoid,  , 

t€  and  plung'd  it  in  my  heart  j  . 
Cl  Infinite  pangs  for  you  I  bore, 

"■  and  molt  tormenting  fmart. 

8.  "  When  hell  ami  all  its  fpilefal  pow'rf 
"   ilood  dreadful  in  my  way,  4 

"  To  refcue  thofe  dear  lives  cf  youiv, 
"  I  gave  my  own  away. 


BookH.         Spiritual    Songs  249 

9.  "  Bat  while  f  bled,  and  groan'd,  and  dy'd, 
e<   I  rum'd  fatan's  throne  ; 

"   Higlvon  my  crofs  I  hung,   and  fpy'd 
M  the  moniter  tumbling  down. 

10.  u  Now  you  mutt  triumph  at  my  feaft, 
"  and  talte  my  flelh,  my  blood, 

And  live  eternal  ages  blefs'd, 
u  for  'tis  immortal  food." 

11.  Victorious  God  !  what  can  we  pay 
for  favours  fo  divine? 

We  would  devote  our  hearts  away 
to  be  for  ever  thine.] 

12.  We  give  thee,  Lord,  our  higheft  praife, 
the  tribute  of  our  tongues  ; 

But  themes  fo  infinite  as  thefe 
exceed  our  nobleft  longs* 

1    1  mi   11.1  jiii  in  mi     11.   diimi    11  r 

XXII.  The  companion  of  adjingChtiH. 

2.  ^VUR  fpirits  join  t*  adore  the  Lamb  : 

V^/    Oh,   that  our  feeble  lips   could    mote 
In  llrains  immortal  as  his  name, 
And  melting  as  his  dying  love  J 

2.   Was  ever  equal  pity  found  ? 
The  Prince  of  Heav'n  refigns  his  breath, 
And  pours  his  life  out  on  the  ground, 
To  r anion*  guilty  worms  from  death. 

[3.  Rebels  we  broke  our  Maker's  laws  *p 
He  from  the  threat'nings  fets  us  free, 
Bere  the  full  rcngeanae  on  his  crofs, 
And  nail'd  the  curies  to  the  tree.] 

1 4.  The  law  proclaims  no  terror  now, 
And  Sbiai's  thunder  roars  no  more  ; 
From  all  his  wounds  new  bledings  flow, 
A  fea  cf  joy  witl  out  a  (hore. 


2;o  H  Y  M  N  s       and-  Book  III. 

5,  Here  wc  h  ive  waILM  our  deepeft  ftains, 
And  heal'd  our  wounds    with  heav*nl>    bliod  : 
Blefs'd  fountain  !    fp^avgtag  ::om  the  >eias 
Oi  Jefus,  our  incarnate  GW.] 

6.  In  vain  our  mortal  voices  Itiive 
To  (peak  conipiUfioii   (6  divine  r 
Had  we  a  thousand    lives  to  give, 

A  thoufand  lives  fkould  all  bw  thine. 

XXIII.     Grace   and  glory  by  the  death  &/Chrifr. 

£l.QITTING  around  our  Father's  board, 

^3   we  raife  our  tuneful  breath  ; 
Our  faith  beholds  0114  dying  Lord, 
and  dooms  our  fins  to  death.] 

2.  We  fee  tb«  blood  of  Jefof  died, 
whence  all  our  pardons  rife  ; 

The  {inner  views  th*  atonement  made, 
and  loves  the  facrifice. 

3.  Thy  cruel  thorns,  thy  fliameful  crofs, 
procure  usheav'nly  crowns  : 

Our  hig-lielt  gain  fprings  Aom  thy  lols  ; 
our  healing,  from  thy  wounds. 

4.  Oh!  'tis  impofii Ae  that  we, 
who  d»vellin  feeble  clay, 

Should 'equal  mfi  'rings  bear  for  thee, 
or  equal  thauks  repay. 


XXIV.     Pjtrdon  and  Jlrength  jrom  Chrilt. 

1.  TT*ATHER,  we  wait  to  feel  thy  grace, 
JL       to  fee  thy  glories  mine  ; 

The  Lardy  will  his  o.vn  table  biefs, 
and  make  the  feall  divine. 

2.  .vVe  touch,   we  taile  the  heav'nly  bread, 
we  drink  the  facred  cup  ; 


Boo1-  II.         Spiritual     Sukgs.  251 

With  outward  forms  ont  fenfc  is  j'e«J, 
onr  fouls  rejoice  in  hope. 

3.  We  (hall  appear  before  the  throne 
of  oar  forgiving  Cod, 

Drefs'd  in  thd  garji.tnts  of  his  foil, 
and  fpiinklcu  with,  his  blood. 

4.  We  (hall  be  ftrong  to  run  the  race, 
atul  ciimb  the  upper  iky  ; 

Chr'ift  will  provide  our  fouls  with  grace, 
he  bought  a  large  fupply. 

[5.  Let  us  indulge  a  chearful  frame,  " 

for  jov  becomes  a  fea(t  ; 
Wc  love  the  mem'ry  of  his  name, 

more  than  the  wine  we  fade.] 


XXV.  .  Divine  glories  and  graces, 

1.  T  TOW  are  thy  glories  here  difplay'd 

[    Great  Cod  !    how  bright  thev  (nine, 
While,  at  thy  word,    we  break  the  bread, 
and  pour  the  flowing  wine  ! 

2.  Here  thy  revenging  juftice  (lands, 
and  pleads  its  dreadful  caufe  ; 

Here  faving  mercy  fpreads  her  hands, 
like  Jefus  on  the  crofs. 

3.  Thy  faints  attend  with  ev'ry  grace 
on  this  great  facrifice  ; 

And  love  appears  with  chearful  face, 
and  faith  with  fixed  eyes, 

4.  Our  hope  in  waiting  poitnre  fits, 
to  heav'n  directs  her  fight  ; 

Here  ev'ry  warmer  paffion  meets, 
and  warmer  pow'rs  unite, 

5.  Zeal  and  revenge  perform  their  part, 
and  fifing  fin  deltroy  ; 


252  Hymns      and  £00k  III. 

Repentance  comrs  with  aching  heart, 
yet  not  forbids  the  jov. 

6.    Dear  Saviour,  change  our  faith  to  fight, 

!<-t  fin  for  ever  die  ; 
Ttren  (hall  oar  iouls  be  all  delight, 

and  evYy  tear  be  dry. 


J  Cannot  perfu.ide  my  fe  If  to  put   a  fill  period  tc 
theft  div'rne  Bymus,    'till  1  have  addreffed  a  /pe- 
dal fong  of  glory  to  God  the  Father,  the  Son,    and 
the  Holy  Spirit,     Tho?  the  Latin  name  of  it,  Glor'a 
Patri,  be  retained  in  our  nation  from    the    Roman 
church  ;    and th§y  there  may  he  fame  excejfes    of fu- 
pcrflitious  honour  paid  to  the  words  of  it,  which  may 
have  wrought  fome    unhappy   prejudices    in    weaker 
Chriftians,  yet  I  believe  it  ft  ill  to  be  one  of'the  nob- 
left    parts    of  Lhriftian    w'o*-/)?ip.     The  fubjeel  of  it 
$\  the  doclrine  of  the  Trinity,  which  is  That  peculiar 
glory  of  the    divine    nature,  that    cur    Lord    Jefns 
Chrilt  has  fo    clearly  revealed  unto  men,  and  is   fo 
neceffary  to  true  Chriftianity.     The  attion  is  praife, 
which  is  one  of  the  mo  ft    complete  and  exalted  pat  ts 
ef  heavenly  worfhip.    I  have  caft  the  fong  ints  a  va- 
riety of  forms,   and  have  fitted  it  by  a  plain  verfton 
r<r  a  larger  paraphraje,  to  be  fnng  either  alone,   or 
at  the  conclufion  of  another  hymn.   I  have  added  al- 
fo  a  few  H*f annas  or    afcriptidns    of   Salvation   t* 
Chrilt:,  in  the  favie  mariner ,  and  for  the  fame  end. 

A  fong  of  praife   to    tie  evcr-bleffed   Trinity,  God 
the  Father,   Son,  and  Spirit. 

XXVI.    ill  Long  metre. 

I.TTJLESS'D  be  the  Father,   and  his  love, 

\j  To  whofe  celeilial  fource  we  owe 
Rivers  of  endlefs  joy  above, 
And  rills  of  comfort  here  below* 


Book  III.      SriRiTUAt    S*  tfiC  s. 

2.  Glory  to  thee,  great  Son  of  Cod, 
From  whole  dear  wounded  body  rolls 
A  precious  ftream  of  vital  blood, 
Pardon  and  life  for  dying  fouls. 

3.  We  give  thee,  fa  c  red  fpirit,  praife, 
Who,  in  our  hearts  of  fin  and  woe, 
Makes  living  fprings  of  gracj  arife, 
And  into  boundlefs  glory  flow. 

4.  Thus  Cod  the  Father,   Cod  the  Son, 
And  Cod  the  fpirit  we  adore, 
That  feaof  life  and  love  unknown, 
Without  a  bottom  or  a  (bore. 

XXVI I.    1  ft  Common  Metre. 

1.  r^  LORY  to  Cod  the  Fathers  name, 
V   J    who  from  our  finful  race, 

Chofe  out  his  fav'rites,   to  proclaim 
the  honours  of  his  grace. 

2.  Glory  to  Cod  the  Son  be  paid, 
who  dwelt  in  humble  clay, 

And  to  redeem  us  from  the  dead, 
gave  his  own  life  away. 

3.  Glory  to  Cod  the  fpirit  give 
from  whofe, almighty  pow'r 

Our  fouls  their  heav'nly  birth  derive^ 
and  blefs  the  happy  hour. 

4    Glory  to  Cod  that  reions  above, 
th*  eternal  Three  and  one  One, 

Who,  by  the  wondrrs  of  his  love, 
has  made  his  nature  known. 

XXVIII.   1  ft  Short  Metre. 
I.  Tj       ET  Cod  the  Father  live 

J a    forever  on  our  tongues  \ 

Sinners  from  his  firft  love  derive 
the  ground  of  all  their  fongs. 

z 


254  H  v   m    N    s     and  Book 

2.  Ye  Ctint*,  employ  your  breath 
in  honour  to  the  Son. 

Who  hrouoht  your  fouls  from  hell  and  death, 
by  oft*  Mug  up  his  own  ■ 

3.  Give  to  the  fpirit  praife, 
of  an  immortal  ilrain, 

Whole  light,  and  pow'r,  and   grace  couvey 
falvation  down  to  men. 

4.  While  Cod,  the  Comforter, 
reveals  our  pardon'd  fin, 

O  may  the  blood  and  water  bear 
the  fame  record  within. 

5.  To  the  great  On§  and  Three, 
that  feal  this  grace  in  heav'n, 

The  father,  fon,  and  fpirit,  be 
eternal  glory  giv'n. 

XXIX.    2d  Long  Metre. 

I.  S~  LORY  to  God  the  Trinity, 

V  J   whofe  name  has  my  iteries  unknown, 
In  t  {fence  One,  in  perfon  Three, 

a  fecial  nature,  yet  alone. 

1,  When  all  ournoblefi  pow'rs  are  join'd, 
the  houours  of  thy  name  to  raite, 

Thy  glories  over-match  our  mind, 
and  angels  faint  beneath  the   praife. 

XXX.   2d  Common  Metre. 

1.  f  1  >HE  God  of  mercy  be  ador'd 

X        who  calls  our  fouls  from  death, 
Who  faves  by  his  redeeming  word, 
and  new  creating  breath. 

2.  To  praife  the  Father,  and  the  Sow, 
aud  fpirit,  all  divine, 


t0k  JM.     Spiritual    S  o  c  t;  s.       255 

The  One  in  Three,  and  Three  in  One, 
let  faints  and  angels  join. 


XXXI.   2d  Shot  M-Jtre. 

1.  T      ET  Cod  the  Maker's  name 

{    j      have  honour,  love  and  fear  ; 

To  GW  the  Saviour  pay  the  ian:e, 
and  Cod  the  Comforter. 

uher  of  lights  above, 
thy  mercy  we  adore, 
The  fon  of  thy  eternal  love, 
and  fpirit  of  thy  pow'r. 

XXXII.  3d  Long  Metre. 

TO  Cod  the  Father,  tod  the  Son, 
And  Cod  the  fpirir,  Three  in  One, 
Be  honour,  praife,  and  ^lor)'  giv'n 
By  all  ou  earth,  and  all  in  heav'n. 

XXXIII.     Or  thus  x 

ALL  glory  to  thy  wond'rous  name, 
Father  of  mercy,  Godot  love  : 
Thus  we  exalt  the  Lord  the  Lamb, 

And  thus  we  praife  the  heav'nlv  Dove. 

XXXIV.    sd  Common  Metre. 

NOW  let  the  Father  and  tht?  Son, 
and  fpirit  be  adored, 
Where  there  are  works  to    make    him  known, 
or  faints  to  love  the  Lord. 

in— >— 1 -    -■  -  r  ■■!■  ■■■  mmmmmmtmimm  111— ■■■ 

XXXV.      Or  thus  : 

HONOUR  to  thee,  almighty  Three, 
and  everlalting  One  5 


256  H  y   m   k    s     and  Book  HI. 

Ail  (»lory  to  the  Father  be, 
the  fpirit,  ami  the  Son. 

XXXVI.    3d   Short  Metre. 

YE  angels  round  the  throne, 
and  Taints  that  dwell  below, 
\V    rfhip  the  Fathpr,   love  the  Son, 
and  blifs  the  fpirit  too. 

XXXVII.   Or  thus  : 

C~^  IVE  to  the  Father  praife, 
JT   give  glory  to  the  Son, 
And  to  the  fpirit  of  his  grace 
be  equal  honour  done, 

XXX  VIII.   Afong  of  praife  to  the  Hejfed  Trinitj . 
The  ifl  as  the  cxlviii.  1'iUliu* 

1.  T  Give  immortal  praHe, 

X  To  Cod  xh^  Father's  love, 
For  all  my  comforts  here, 
And  better  hopes  above  : 

He  lent  his  own 

Eternal  ton, 

To  die  for  fins 

That  man  had  done. 

2.  To  Cod  the  fon  belongs 
Immortal  ;>lory  too, 

Who  bought  us  with   his  blood 
From  everU  fling  woe  , 

And  now  he  lives  ^ 

And  now  he  reigns, 

And  fees  the  fruit 

Of  all  Iris  pains.* 

3.  To  Cod  the  fpiru's  name 
Immortal  worflfip  give, 


IH.      Spiritual    Songs.     257 

Whofe  new-creating  pow'r 
Makes  the  dead  finner  live  ; 

His  work  completes 

The  great  deflgn, 

And  fills  the  foul 

With  joy  divine. 

41   Almighty  Cod,  to  thee 
Be  endlefs  honours  done, 
The  undivided  Three, 
And  the  mylterious  One  : 

Where  reafon  fails  , 

With  all  her  pow'i  s, 

Their  faith  prevails, 

And  love  adores. 

XXXIX.  The  2d  as  the  cxlviii.    Pfalm. 

I>  r"|~>  O  him  that  cliofe  us  firft, 
1^         Before  the  world  began 
To  him  that  bore  the  curfe 
To  fave  rebellions  man, 

To  him  that  form/d 

Our  hearts  anew,, 

Is  endlefs  praife 

And  glory  due*  • 

£  The  father's  love  (hall  run.' 
Thro'  our  immortal  fongs  ; 
We  bring  to  Cod  the  fon 
Hofannas  on  our  tongues  :  - 

Our  lips  addrefs 

The  fpirit's  name 

With  eqnal  praife 

And  zeal  the  fame.  • 

p.   Let  ev'ry  faint  above,  * 
And  ar gel  round  the  throne- 
}  .c 

T4i€  facred  three  in  one* 
Z3. 


258  H  T  m  n  s     and  Book  TIF- 

Thus-  heav'n  (hall  raife 
His  honours  high, 
When  earth  and  time 
Grow  old  and  die. 

XL.     The  3d  as  ths  cxlviii.   Pfukn. 

TO  God  the  Father's  throne 
perpetual  honouis  raife 
Glory  to  God  the  (on, 
To  God  the  fpirit  praife  * 
And  while  our  lips 
Their  tribute  bring, 
Our  faith  adores 
The*  name  we  ling. 

XLI.  Of'  thus  J 

TO    our  eternal  God, 
The  father  and  the  fbnr 
And  fpirit  all  divine, 
1  hree  myiteries  in  one, 
Salvaiion,  pow'r, 
And  praife  be  giv'n, 
By  all  on  earth, 
And  all  in  heav'n«< 

The  HOSANNA  ;  oryfahatlon  afcribtd ttChrifh 
XLH. -Lang  Metre. 

I.TJOSANNA  to  King  David's  fou, 

XjL   Who  reigns  on.  a  fuperior  throne  7 
We  blefs  the  Prince  of  heav'nly  birth, 
Who  brings  fal  vat  ion  down  to  earth, 

2;  Let  ev'ry  nation,  ev'ryage, 
In  this  delightful  work  engage  ; 
Old  men  and  babes  in  Sion  fing 
The  growing  glories  of  her  King, 


Kook  TIT.  S  p  r  R  I  T  U  A  L      S  O  N  G  s.      2,-9 

XLIIi.      Common  Metre, 
r.  TJOSANNA  to  the  [Mince  of  grace  ; 

JfX      &"•**  behold  thy  King  ; 
Proclaim  the  ion  of  DsvrJ's  race, 

and  teach  the  babes  to  fuig. 

2     Holanna  to  the  incarnate  word^ 

who  from  t!ie   father  came  ; 
Afcribe  fa'ivation  to  the  Lord, 

with  bleflings  on  his  name, 
^— —        "  i  '  .  u     — — — » — «*> 

XLIV.      S^crr    metre. 

I. T  TOSANNA  *°  tlie  Son 
fl    of  David  and  of  CW, 
Who  brought  the  news  of  pardon  down; 

and  bought  it  with  his  bJood. 

2.  To  Chrifl  thj  anointed  King 
be  end  lei  s  bit  flings  giv'n  ;  ■    • 
Let  the  whole  earth  his  glory  ling, 
who  made  our  peace  with  heav'nv 

XLV.     ///   /£*   cxlviii.  Pfalm. 
I.T  TOSANNA  to  the  K  ng 
J   ±    Of  David's  ancient  blood  > 
Behold  he  comes  to  bring 
Forgiving  grace  from  Cod ;• 
Let  old  and  young 
Attend  his  way, 
And  at  his  feet 
Their  honours  layv 

2".  Glory  to  Cod  on  higri> 
Salvation  to  the  Lamb  ; 
Let  earth  and  foa  and  flcy, 
His  wond'rous  love  proclaim  fc 

Upon  his  head 

Shall  honours  reft,. 

And  ev'ry  age 

Pronounce  him  blefs'd*, 


A    TABLE    to    find  any   Hymn 
by  the  title  or  Contents  of  it. 


Note,  The  letters,  a,  b,  c,  fignify  the  frf}9  fe- 
ccfid  and  third  Book  ;  the  Figures  dire  ft  to- 
the  Hy7nn.  If  you  fi*:d  not  what  Hjmn  you 
feek  under  one  word  oj  the  title,  fcek  it  under 
another  ,or  by  fane  word  that  is  of  the  fame  fig- 
7tificationt  tho3  pet  haps  not  mentioned  in  the  ti« 
tie  $f  the  Hymn. 

A  intercejjlon. 

/tAron  And  Chrifi\     a.  Affeclions      5nconft"nt, , 
^   145.  Mcfes  and  Jo-       b.  20.     uufan&ifjed,' 
r fbua>  b.   121  b.   i6£- 

Abraham's    Metfhig     on  Wfflified,    Chrifl's    com- 

tlie   Gentiles,    a.  60,       patiiosi       to       them, ; 

113,  114.  b.   154.  of-  a.  t  :; 

fering  his  fon,  a.  129  AjJlitTtons    removed,  a. 
Abfence  and  pretence  of       87.  fubmitted  to,  a. £, , 

God,   b.  9?,  94,   ICO.-      129.  b.  109.   Support 

From  God    for    ever        and    comfort    under 

intolerable,     b.     107        them,  b.  50,  65.  and: 
Atcefs  to  the  throne  by       death    under    provi- 

a  mediator,     b.    108       dence,  a.  83 

Adam,  his   fall,  a,  107.  Almofi  Chriftian,  b.  158 

corrupt  nature  from  Angels    finning,    b.  24. 

him,  b.  128.  the  firfr.        ltanding  and  falling,  . 

and   fecond,    a.    57,       b.  27.      praifr  ye  the 

124  Lord,  b.  27.   punifh- • 

Adoption,   a.    04,     14;.       ed,  and   man    Caved,. 

and    election,     a.  54       b.  96,  97,  their  mi. 
Advocate.     See    Chrift3*      niitry  to    CHrijl   and- 


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faints,  b.  18,112,  113  Miracles  at  it,b.l^ 

Ambition,  &c.         b.  101  Blejjed  are  the  dead  in 

Anger  of  God.  Sec  Hell  tire  Lor  !,  a.  18.   ibci- 

ivijthy   Vengeance.  ety  in  heaven,  b.  33,' 

Anfwer  to  the   Church-  7S 

es  prayers,          a.    30  Blejfidnejs  and  bufinefs 

Antichrifl's  ruin,    a  29,  01  heaven,  a.  40.  41. 

56,   59.  See  Enemies,  b.  86.     only  in  God, 

Apoftate,                  b.  158  b.   93,94,    10© 

Apojiles    commiilion,  a.  BUfing  of  Abraham  on 

128  the  Gentiles y  a.  ;XX}j 

Afcenfion  and  refurrec-  114     b.    134 

tion  of  £7>/itf,  b.  76,  J5/<WandfleilipfChriit 

Affiftancs  agaiuit  temp-  is    our    fobd,   c.    17, 

tations,     a.    15,     32,  18.  the    leal    of  the 

b-    5°>    °5  NewTeftament,  c.  3, 

Ajfvrance  of  heaven,  a.  the, Spirit  and  water, 

37.  b.  65.  of  the  love  c.  9 

of  Chrijly  a.  14.  b.  73  B-caJI i-y^  excluded,  a.  96 

of  faith,            a.  103  Bodies  frail.      See  £//<?, 

Attributes.           See  Coi  Health,   Flefh. 

B.  J5<i(?4  of  God's  decrees, 

/o/:  falling,  a  56,  b.   99 

^9.      See   Entjnies*  Bread  of life  isChr ;//,c.5 

Back/tidings      and     re-  Breathing  towards  hea- 

turns,                       b.  20  ve  :,                         b.    2  } 

v,  a.  52,   preach-  Br.t^ius    God    praiftd, 

lag  aj|J    the    Lord's  b,  1 .  forf deftyera 

fuppj^   b     1 4  r .   ami  b.    92 

ci  cu;nciu>n,  a.   12  s.  Burial,     b.     6;.       with 

b.    127     I  "4»      burial  Chriii     in  baptifm,  a. 

\vi<i    Cbfjjtf     a.     122  122.      and    death    of 

Beatitudes,             a.    102  asaj.it,                     b.  3 

;    and    be    iavt-d,  C. 

a.    100  f^ An  a  an   and    heaven, 

^e  .lever     baptized,     a.  ^                     b.    66,  124 

2     122  ^r/:*;joys  parted  with, 

■£?>%<                        con.f,  b.     10,*     !i        Reafon 

a.  95,  99.     vl  Chn/fj  humbled,     a.      11,12 


ftAbyt 


-    -  A     i  able    of  Contents. 

^reriinial.  See  Law,  dom  and  power,  c. 
Tjpef,  Prieft.  I0 

War  a  ft  en   of  the  chil-  Da-id's  Son,  a.  16.  £0. 

tlren  of  God;  a.  14;.        }.i>  death   ciu»*>d  by 

of  Chrijl,  a.  146,  150,        fh;,  b.  8r.  grace  and 

of      blefiedueis,      a.         glory    Ly    ir,   c.   23. 

102         wrtory     and     kiug- 

Ghttftj   and  une-iai  it,i-        dOm,  b.114.   * 

blenefs,  a.  126.  and  vine  nature,  a.  2,  13, 
Jove,  a.  i-jbj  r^3        92.  b.    52    dwells  ia 

Children    in     tlie   cove-       heaven,     vHits     the 

nantof grace,  a  113,       earth,  a.  75 

114.  devoted  to  God,   Enjoyment  of  him,  b. 

a.  121.   b.  127        i>,   16.   his  eternity, 

Chrift.  See  Lord  and  a.  2,  92.  example, 
Aaron,  a.  124,  his  a-  b.  139.  excellences, 
fcenfion,  b.     76  a.  C2.b.  47. 

Beatific  fight  of  him,  Faith  and  knowledge 
b.  75.  beloved  def-  of  him,  a.  103.  his 
cribed,  a.  75.  the  flefh  and  blood  our 
bread  of  life,     c.   5.       food,  c.  1  7, 18.  found 

His  care  of  the  young  and  brought  to  the 
and    feeble,   a.    125,       Church,  a  7r 

138.  and  theChurch,  His  glory  in  heaven,  b. 
fcekiug,  finding,  ire.  91.  God  reconciled 
See  Church,  coming  in  him,  b.  148.  grace 
to  judge,  a.  61*  his  given  us  in  him,  a. 
cornmiffion,    b.    103,  157.   b.   40 

104.  communion  High-pried:  aoi  King, 
with  him,  a.  66,71  .&  a.  61.  his  human 
faints,  a.  67,76.  c.  2.  and  divine  nature, 
compared  to  inani-  a.  2,  1  3.  16.  humilia- 
mate  things,  a.  146.  tion  and  exaltation, 
his  coronation  and  a.  I,  63,  141,  142. 
eipoulals,  a.  72.  his  b.  £,  43,  81,  83,  84, 
crofs    not    to    be  a-  c.  10,  16 

fhamed  of,  c.  1 9.  His  incarnation,  a.  3, 
crucified,  God's  wif-        13,    intercefiion,    b» 


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,57,  lib',  invita- 
tion to  (tuners,  a. 
127 
The  Kittg  at  his  table, 
a.  66.  his  kingdom 
among  men,  a.  3,  21. 
knowledge  and  fuirh 
in  him,  a.  103 


hood,  a.  T4C.  b.  I  iS. 
his  pre  fence,  See  /  r-- 
ft  use.  Prophecies, 
and  *vpcs of  him,  b. 
1  35.  Prophet,  PriHr, 
and  King,  a.  25.  b. 
132.  Our  Prophet 
and  Teacher,      a.  93 


The    Lamb   cf  God,  a.   Redemption.      See   Re- 
I,  64.  fits  love  to  the        dcenur3     rejected    by 


Church,  a.  1 4,  17. 
under  deiertion,  b. 
50.  (lied  abroad  in 
the  heart,  a.  135.  to 
men,  a.  92  lifed  up, 
a.  1 11 
Miniftered  to  by  an- 
gels, b.  112,  113. 
miracles  at  the  birtli 
of  Chrift,  b.  136. 
miracles  in  his  life, 
death,  and  refu  recti  - 
on,  b.i  3  7.  and  Mofss, 


the  Jews,  a.  14:.  re- 
furreciion,  b,  72,  76. 
is  our  hope,  a  26. 
refurrection,  lne, 
and  death  miracu- 
lous, b.  137.  reveal- 
ed to  man,  a.  10.  ro 
babes,  a.  11.  12. 
righteoufuefs  and 
flrength  in  him,  a. 
S4>  85,  97.  righte- 
oufuefs valuable,  a. 
109 


a.  n8,  149    Kis    facrifice,   b.     142. 


Names    and    titles,    a. 
147,  148.  nativity,  a. 

3*  *3 

Obeyed   or   refilled,  a. 

93.  his  offices,  a.  149, 

150,   b.    132 

Pardon    and     ilrength 

from  him,  c   24.  Our 

Paffbver,    b.  155.  his 

perfon  glorious  and 

gracious,     a.     75.  b. 

47.  our  Phyfician,a. 

112.    his   pity  to  the 

arflcted  and  tempted, 

^     I2>.    his    priell- 


and  interceflion,  b. 
118.  falvation,  righ- 
tcoufnefs,  &:  flrength 
in  him,  a.  15,  84,  8  c, 
97,  98.  our  fanclifi- 
cation,  a.  97,  98.  fa- 
tan  at  enmity,  a. 
107.  faints  in  his 
hand,  a.  138.  our 
Shepherd,  a.  W,  T42. 
the  fubftance  of  the 
types,  b.  12  fent  by 
the  Father,a.  1 00.  b. 
103,  104.  his  iufTer- 
ings,  c.i 6.  and  godly 


i 


264  A  Table  of  Onten,*. 

forrow,b   9,  106. and  Glrtutxcifion  abolifhed 
glory,    n     1,    62    6;.        b.   134.  and  baptifm, 

b.  43,  8r,     85,    84.  a.  ill.  l>.  127. 

c.   10  C to  a  thing      fpiritnal,   a. 
His  titles  and  kingdom,  7,  40. 

a.  13.  triumph  over  Cunt  fart  in  the  cfrWwhnt 
our  enemis,  a.  28,  w  iih  £7\/7/,  b.  40.  ie- 
29.  types  and  pro-  ft  ore  d,  b.  7;.  See 
piiccus    of  him,     b.        l-«rdony    in    Jo? 

155  of  mind    and     body, 

Victory  over    fatan,   a.  b.  >c    6c. 

89.  death    and    bell,  C                  •;    with    c 

c.  21. uifrfceii  llid'be-  ami  hunts  a.  2  be- 
tared,                  a.    icS  tv.  eeu  67;r///  an! 

Will* 01  A  of  God,  p.  92.  Chuieh,  a.  66—  7 1 
oui  wiiliom   6c   n^h-  b.  15,    16. 

teonfuels,   a.  97    9?     Cvmpaffioii   of   a    dj 
wot  {hipped    by     the  b.  ::.    to    the 

creation,  362        nfllktt  J  a.  125 

Chriflian.  See  Sab.ti,  Complaint  of  a  hard 
Spiritual,  &c.  rs;'i-  heaft  b.  98,  of  de- 
gion  its    excellency,        fervion    a. id   tempra- 

b.  1  31.  almott,  b.  1  ^8  tions,  b.  163.  ofdul- 
fri  it  lies',  161        nefs,   b.     3*4.    of    in- 

Chu'rch.       See     WbYfhip,        d.vn.njfin,   a.   lie. 
SkhrtSf    fpiritnal,    its       or'  ingratitude, b.  74. 
fatety  arnd    piutec'ti-       of  floih    and    uegli- 
en,  a. 8.    79,  b.  6^,92.        £e?  ce,   b    25,  32. 
its  enemies   il  lin    by   Cotidtmrfutibn     by 
Cbrift,  a.  28,  29,  con-  a.  91 

v  rting     with     Lkri/},  {  /?•-//       to 

viz  ieeking.  finding,  p,     b.  4c.      af- 

c  r    Wg,  '  •  a.         (  b.    46 

66-71,  uiuie  G  d  j  Co7:f:?::n  and  paid.-a 
cue,  a.  66    ci'pou.dts  a,   i;i 

with    Ckrijl,     a.     72.  Ctinfcitnce      good,     t)ie 
be  uitv  in  the  eyes  of       r    ?afdres     of   it      b. 
Chr'i' ■;  a.  $i.  t  lie  gar-        57.     ferure     and     a- 
dea  ot  w/;r/;/,   a.    74.       wakened,      a.    ir> 


A   Table  of  Content?. 


26; 


ConCiancy  in  the  gofpel, 

b.   4 

Contention    and    love,   a 

130 

Couver fiin9  a.    104.     b. 

159.  the  difficulty  of 


glory  c.  19.  repen- 
tance flowing  from 
it,  b.  106.  falvation 
in  it,  b.  4.  crucifixi- 
on to  the  world  by 
ir,  c.  7. 


r,  b.  i6r.     delayed,  C it r/e and  promife  a. 107 

a.  88 91.     the  joy  Gttflom  in  fin,  b.  160 

of   heaven,      a.    101  D. 

Conviction  of  fin  by  the    T*\  Angers  of  our  earth- 
ia#,  a    94,   115.      by  ly    pilgrimage,  b. 


the  oois  of  Chrift  y  b. 
81,   9> 
Corrupt  nature  from  A- 

daiity  a.  51.  b.    128. 
Covenant  of  gracr,  a. 9. 

children    therein,  a. 


$3  of  death  and  hell, 
b.  5> .  of  love  to  the 
creatures,  b.  48 

Darknefs  difpelled  by 
Ch  rift's  prefence,b.S4 
of  providence,  b.  1 09 
11;,  1  r  4.  fealed  and  Day  of  grace,and  time 
iworn,  a.  139.  c.  3.  of  duty,  a.  88.  of 
hope  in  it,  a.  139.  judgment,  a.  45,  61, 
made  with  Chrift  our  64,  89,  90 

comfort,    b.     40.   of  Dead  in  the  Lord,  their 


works-    See  Lazv  and 

CofpeL 
Covet oufnefsy  &c.  a.   24. 
b    56,  ioit 
Courage  and  conftancy, 

a.  14,  15,48.  b.  4.  65 
Creationy  a.  92.   b.    71, 

147.  new,  b.  t  30. 
prefervation,  &c.  of 
this  world,    b.  13. 
Creatures  praife  theLtrd 

b.  71.  love  dange- 
rous, b.  48.  God  a- 
bove  them,  a.  82. 
their  vanity,   b     140 

Crofs    of  C*r//?    is   our 


bleilednefs,  a.  18.  to 
fm  by  the  crofs  of*^ 
Chrift  a.  ioi 

Death.  See  Gj5r//?  and 
afflictions  under  pro- 
vidence, a.  g3.terri« 
ble  to  the  unconver- 
ted a.  91  made  eafy 
by  the  fight  of 'Chrift 
c.  14.  b.  31.  by  a 
fight  of  heaven,  b, 
66.  God's  prefence 
in  it,  b.  49.  117.  our 
fear  of  it,  b.  31.  de- 
ferable, a.  19.  b.  61. 
overcome,  a.  1 7.  tri* 
Aa 


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266  A  Table  of  Contents. 

umphed  o»er,  a.  G.Defpair,  and  prefump- 
b.  I IO.  prepared  for,  tion,  a.  ll>.  b.  156. 
a.  27.  b.  63.  of  a  I'm-  i)7 

ner    a  24.  b.   2.   and  Dcv il  vanqnifl»et!,a,  58. 
burial  of  a  faint,  a.       8eeFW*> 
j8.  b.  ^.  a|U'  etcrni-  Devotion  fervent   dehr- 
ty.  b.  28.  ami  ftlory,       e<!,  b.  32. 
a.  1 10.  b.  6 1 .  and  the  Diffieultj  ot  convcrHon, 
refurrcftioM,    b.     3-  ^  __.  b*  '"** 

to2,iio.  ofMofes  at  Dijfolutiui  of  tins  world 
God's  command,  b.  b.  1; 

40  dreadful  and  de-  Difeafe.  See  £*«■«<?/ j. 
liol.tfn!,      b.  52  DMemper,      folly     and 

DtcTitfuhefi  of  lin,   b         madneis  of  nn,b  15? 
r ';  ■.•-  150   Dijlinguijbmg    love,  a. 

D«««  of  God,  a.  it,       n,   12,  96,   117.     b. 
ti     ol     117-  b.  99.  96.67. 

De^^bhril  a.  aVl3,  Og*    See  ft*  D«, 

De/ayof  converfion,  a.  Dominion  of  God     and 

88-91.  b-  25  32         our  ^J,vue7,ce' b-; 

2,/,>AHn  wodhip.b.t  4  eternal,  b.  67.  ov:  r 
inGod,b.42.incon.        the  lea,  b.    7 

verfe  with    Chrifl    b.   ZW//  aud    fears   fup- 
15,    16.       prefs'd,  b.  73 

DiththnCf,  b.  ?.     See  ZW,/*/}  fplritual,  b.  2; 

-  from    rpbitual  ene;  146.    ^  J  eaven, 

Defcrt.ti/:  and  ternpta-  £* 

tio     complained  of,   £/^i.»  excludes  boart- 

'         b.  163        injr,  a.96    tree,a.tt, 

i>#r.  of  Ori;r.,  pre  ia,J4,  "7-  See£>,- 
(cuc,    hj    1S°;  J5/6 ^  £^  cf'the  world.b.164 


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ifttappoinn*cf,  b.    <,!.        atfifted    by    fenfe,   b. 
foliation    from       141.  'n*'jbyf  b.  162, 

:i,b.  $2  niu-npV        In    tAtty    &n*    facri- 
*    ed  over  by   Ckrif,   a.        fice,  b.  142  and    ial- 

38,    29.     See    C:  .-:'.,        i  ition,  a.  100. of  af- 

^<?/.  finance,  a.  103,  and 

7,    b.        *g«*-  a.    1  10.  U.  145 

15,  16.   See    Wvtfhif.        triumphing  in  C 

Enmity    between    L'.;/        a.  I  4.  for  pardon  and 

and  fatan,  a.   IC7        f  ii^tificauon,  b.  93. 

Envy  and  love,      a.   i:o        fiith    and  reafon,   b. 

£ft*uf*ls  ot  'the  Church        87     I  eg 

'  to  Chrifly  a.    72   Faithfu kiefs      of    God's 

Bfiablijhment  in  grace,        promiies,  b.    40,  60, 

b.  82.   •  69 

Eternity  of  God,   b.  17,  Fall  c  fan  gels  and  men 

of  his  dominion,   b.        b.  24.  and    recovery 

67,   and  death,  b.28,        of  man,  a.  107  b  7?. 

fucceeding  this  life,  Fears  and    douots   fup- 

b.'5f.       See   Heaven       prefs'd,  b.  73 

Death.  Feat)  of  love,  a.  68.   of 

Evening   and    morning        triumph,    c.    21.    of 

hymns,  a.  79,  80,81,       the  gofpel,    a.    7.   c. 

b.  6,    7,   8        12,     20.    made,  and 

Exaltation'      See  ChriQ>  g«efts  invited,  c.i£ 

Glory y  Sufferings ,  &c.   Fellovj/l/tpr  See  Commit- 

Example     of  Chrijl,    b.        */•*. 

1  39.  of  faints,  b.  140  Fervency    of    devotion 

Excellency  of  the  Chn-        dehred,     .  b.  24 

iiian  religion^  b.  13  r    F<rw  (aved,  b.  158 

F*  F/«f^&  and  blood  oiChrifc 

JTAITHin  things  nu.        the  belt  food,  c.    17, 

feen,  a.  120.  b.  129.        18,  our    tabernacle, 

and     knowledge     of       a.  no.  and  fphit,  b„ 

Chrijl ,    a.     103.   love        143 

and  joy,  a.  108.  and    Food  fpiritual,a.  67,68. 

unbelief;  b.    125,  li-        74.  b.  15.     See  Feaft. 

ving  and  dead,a.i40 

A  a  z 


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A  Table  if  Contents* 


Felly    and   nudnefs   of 
/in,   b.  153 

Forbearance,    See    Pati- 
ence. 
Forghenefs.  See  Pardon. 
For?nality  in  worfliip,  a. 

Frail.    See  !//>,  Health, 
Forgetfulnefs,  b«  165. 


3.  to  the  Father, ion, 
and  Koly  Gholt,  c. 
26 — 41.  ot  God  in 
the  gofpeJ,  b.  126. 
and  grace  in  the  per- 
fon  of  Chi  ill,  b.  47. 
and  fu  fie  rings  of 
Chrift,  b.  43.  See/*/. 
firings, 


Frailty  and  folly,    b.  32  Glorying  in  the  crofs  of 
Free.  See  Grace, ElecJion       Chrilt,  c.  17. 


Freedom  from   fin    and 

mifery  in  heaven,  b. 

86 

funeral  thought,  b.  63 

See  Death,  Burial. 

G. 

QARDEN of  thrift   is 

the  church,  74 


Cod  all  and  in  all  b.93, 
94.  his  abfence.  S^e 
Abfence.  his  attri- 
butes, b.  51,166,169, 
glorified  by  Chrift,b, 
126.  c.  10.  the  aven- 
ger of  his  faints,  b. 
1*5 


Carment  of  falvation,a.  Care  of  his    church,  a. 


7.  20. 

C  entiles,  Chrif}  revealed 

to  them,  p.  10,1  3,50. 

c.  13,  14.    Abraham's 

bleffing   on  them,  a. 

lis,  IM-  b-  134 

Glorified  martyrs  and 
faints,  a.  40,  41.  bo- 
dy, b.  no 

plory  and  death, a.  no. 
b    61.  See  Heaven,  of 
God  above    our   rea- 


39.  condefceniion  to 
human  arTairs,b.  q6. 
to  our  worfiiip,  b.  47 
the  creator  and  Re- 
deemer, b.  35. 
Our  delight,  b.  42.  our 
defence,  a.  &J.  do- 
minion over  the  fea, 
b.  70.  dominion  add 
our  deliverance,  b, 
in.  dwells  with  the 
humble,  a.  87 


ion,  b.  87.  of  ChriJI  Eternity ,  b.  17.  eternal 
in  heaven,  b.  91.  See  dominion,  b.  67.  e- 
verlaiiing-  abfence 
intolerable,    b.     1  oo, 

1.C7 
r'ur  above  Ills  creatures 


CI  rift,  and  grace  by 
the  death  of  thrift, 
c.  23.  jollification 
and  fan  cpi  neat  Son,  x 


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a.  82.   the     Father,       and  mercy, b.  80.  his 
Son, and  Spirit,  c.  26.        truth,  b.  60,  69 

— 41. Iiis  faithfulnefs  Vengeance,  b.    44,    62. 
to  his  promises,  b.6o,  Unity    and     trinity    c. 
69  26—41: 

Glory  and  defence  or'  His  word,  a.  53.  wrath 
Sion9  b.  64.  his  glo-  and  mercy,  a.  42. 
ry's  above  our  rea-  Goodnefs  of  God,  b.  58, 
icn,b.  87.  his  good-  74.  See  Grace,  and 
nefs,  b.  58,  80.  his  power  of  God,  a.  42. 
grace.  See  Grace,  go-  b.  80 

vernment  from  him,  Go/pel  feafl,  c.  T2.   S^e 

b.  149.  ho^inefs,juit-  Grace,  Feafi .  ir.\itati- 
iee,  and  Sovereignty 7       on  and    prnvifion,  a. 

a.  80  .  7,  c  20.    times  'heir 
luvifible,  b.  26,  in  com-       bk ifed ne fs,  a.  lo.Sce 

prehenfible     b.     87,  Scripture*        gieiitoes* 

170  God,b.  126.  no  lib,  »•- 

Hi-  kingdom   fupreme,  ty  Jo  fin,  a.  106,1  32,. 

b.  rrfr  his  love  in  140.  not  afliamed  of 
fending  Iris  (on, a.  TOO  it,   a.  io^>c.  19.  a^d 

And  our  neighbour  lb-  la  ,v,  a.  94  b  120, 
Ted",  a.  ti6        121,    124.   finned    it- 

Cur  portion  or  chief  gainit,  a.  118.  its 
good,  b.  9?,  94.  his  different  fucceJi,  a. 
power,  b.  80.  good-  119  b.  144.  miniitry 
xiefs,  6,  7,  8.  his  a.  to.  arretted  by  ini- 
praife.  See  Fraife.  racle%  a.  128  b.  136 
prefence  in  life  and*  137.  its  glo.  iouh  e£* 
at  death,  b.  115.  See  fect=,  b.  138 
Prefence.  preferver  Government  |rom  God, 
ofourlires,    b.  6,  7,  b.    140- 

8,  19.  promife  and  Grace  and  glerv  by  the 
truth  unchangeable,  death  a£Chri{r:,c  2?» 
»•  139  of  tlie  fpiri       l.    102* 

Sight  o|*  him  weans  us  converting,  1  I:?9> 
from  earth,  b.  4r_  in  e.vercife,e.  2f  ,  tu- 
ibve v ei gn r         b    r.  7 o       il i  fie- s .  a  94 .  fa  nci  1  ti e s 

Tevj-ible.-  u->aje(Iy,.  o,  2  2 .       and  fu  ves, a .  in.  uo& 
***3 


A  fable  6?  Co ;i lent 5. 


2  JO 

conveyed  by  parents 
a.  99. all  futiltient  in 
duty  and  fnffering«, 
a.  £5,  32,  104.  given 
in  Chriir,  a.  1  37.  co- 
venant a.  9.  children 
in  it,  a.  1 1 3,  r  r  4  and 
holineis,a.i32.  elect- 
ing, a.  54.  its  fiee* 
cfoin  and  fbvereiguty 

a.  II,  T2>  9^,  it  7;  b. 
96,  97.  a; id  glory  n 
the  peif^n  or  Chrii, 

b.  47.  aoo ;  ting,  a. 
64.  persevering,  a. 
51.  }  rovnifes,  a  7  9, 
throne  accefTible  by 
Chrilt,b,  36,  37    108. 

£ratitnd<:  for  divine^fa- 

Vours,  b.  116 

Great      Britain's     God 

praiied,  b.  1 

H. 

rT  4ppinefs,See  Bletfed, 

•  Heave?!)     Hardntfs 

of  heart.  b.   98. 

Hatred  and  love,  a.  1  ^o 

Health  preferved,  b.    6, 

7,  8/19.  reftored,  a. 

Heaven  and  earth,  b.  1  o, 
1 1^  53.  and  hell,  a, 
45.  invifible  and  ho- 
ly, a.  105,  meditati- 
on of  it,  b.  161.  joy 
there  for  repenting 
finners,  a.  101.  its 
Meffedneis  and  bofU 


we  is,  a.  4-0 ,  4r.  the* 
hope  of  it  our  fup- 
port,  b.  65.  its  pr»f- 
pecr  makes  death  ea- 
IV,  b.  66  worfbip  of 
it  humble, b. 68.  free- 
dom from  Jin  and  mi- 
fei y  tliere,  b.  86.  ho- 
ped for  by  Ckrifl's  re- 
fur  region,  a.  36.  in- 
fured  and  prepared 
for,  a.  27.  Chrijl's 
dwelling  place,a. 76, 
b.  91.  fight  of  God 
and  Chrifl  there,  b. 
23.  blefled  fbciety 
there,,  b.  23.  defir- 
ed,  b.  68. 

Heavenly  niindednefs, 
b.  57.  joy  on  earth, 
b.  15,  6°y  59 
Hell  and  death,  b  2. 
and  judgment,  a.  45, 
107.  b.  62.  or  the 
vengeance  of  God,  b. 
22-,  44.  the  holy  fear 
of  it,  b.    id?. 

Hezekiah**    fong,    a.  55 
Holy,  See  Spirit. 
Holinefs.        See     GV*c  % 
Spiritual,  Santt'tficat:* 
tin    and    fbvereignty 
of   God,    a.    82,  86. 
and    grace,    a.    132, 
140;     its   character, 
\  a. 102 
Honour     vain,    b.   ioi. 
to  magHtrates,  b.  1/49 


A  Tuble  of  Content*.  Iff 

Soffi  of  the    living,   p.  Ignorance  enlightened, 
S3,   gives  light    and  a.    II,   r  2- 

ftrength,  b.  129.  in  Ignorance  and  untruit- 
the  covenant  a.  1:9.    .    fulnels,  b.    165 

of heaven  by    Chn(t\  Impenitence,  b.    12^' 

re  firrection,  a.  2 6.  Incarnation  of  Chrift 
of  heaven    our    lap-  a.  2,  5,  I  3,  60 

port  under  trials,  b.  Incomprchenfib^e  God, 
65.  of  the  Refurrcc-  b.  87.  and  tnvhfihle% 
tion,  b.    2,  HO  b.    26 

Jttfanm    to    Chril}f    a.  Inconftancy  of  our  J«ve, 
16.  c.  42,   &*c.  b.   20. 

Unman    affairs     conde-   Infants.      See    Children. 

fcended  to  by  God,b.   Ingratitude  complained 

46.   nature   of  Chrift,       of  b.  74 

a.  13,  23    Inffiration  and  prop!  e- 

Bumkle,    God's    dwell-        cy  b.    151 

ing,  a.    S7:  £nli._»ht-  Infiitutlon  of  the  Lord  s> 

ened.    a,  11,  I2>    50.        Slipper  b.    r 

worfliip    of    heaven,  Ir.fujficieucy      of      felf* 

b.  68        righteoufnefs,  b.  154 

Htmiliation.    See  Chrift  y   Inter ceffton  of  Chrift,  b. 
Sufferings,    &C*     and  36,  37,  116' 

prayer  public,   a.  30  Invitation    of  Chrift  an* 

Humility    and   pride,  a.        i  we  red,  a.  70.  of  the 

127-    and    merknrf*,        gofpel,  a    79,127.0. 

a.    102.    in    heaven*,  13,  20 

b.  68  John  the  baptiit's  niei- 

Wyp^crify  and  fincerity,        ^a&e,  a.   50 

a.  136.  hypocrite,  or  Jofoua,  daron,  avid  Mo~ 

almolt    Chriiiiau,  b.      fes,  br  124 

158  Joy,  faith,  and  love,  a. 

?.  108.  of  faith,  b.  162 

JEalouJy   or   our    love       carna/pavted  \vkh,b. 
to  Chrif},  a.    7S        10, 11. heavenly  uj.on 

Jefus*    See  Lord,  Chrijt.       earth,  a.  115*  b.   3o> 
Jfe.u;j.     See    Mofes,   Gof        5^.  {Spiritual    reftor- 
/*/,    Chriftf    Gentiles.       ed,  b.  7";.    See*  more 
ia  Delight,  Comfort, 


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A  Table  of  Contents. 


Judg?ne?it  day,  a.  4>, 
65,  89,  90.  znd  hell, 
b,  62.  ChriJ}  coming 
to  it,  a.  6  i 

Jufiicj.v-c.  of  God,  a.861 
Ju/Iificafhh,   a.  T4.   See 
Pardon,    by  faith  not 
by  works,  a.  94,  TC9. 
famftiric«:tion,a.7,28, 


rable,  a.  82.  b.  "9, 
58,  the  day  of  j>race 
and  hope,  a.  88 

LiJW  and  fa  1  vat  ion  by 
iirftfs  Chrifi,  A.  50. 
In  d  ark  n  eft  by  the 
pretence  of  God,  b. 
54. given  to  the  blind 
a.  rr,  12 
bee 


AT 


80,    85. 

glory,  a.  3.        Patience. 

K  Lsni  y<?///j  at   liis    own 

It;gdom  and  titles  of      table,    a.    66.    c.  75. 


b.    90.   and  Lcng-fuffera?icc\ 
3 


ChriJ}  9  a.  13.  of 
ChriJ}  a  mono;  men,  a. 
21,  65.  cf  God  eter- 
nal, b.  68.  fuprcrne, 
b.  1  re 
Know ledge  and  raitn  in 
Chrifty  a.  ro?.  fmrrg 


Hipper,  preaching, 
and  baptifm,  b.  i/fi. 
fupper  inllitutcd.  c. 
1.  day,  a.  72.  de- 
lightful, b.  14.  tab  e 
piovided  for,  c.  2^ 
See  mor?in  Chri/}. 


fromGod,a.i  1,12,  93  Love  of  Chriji urn  h:\ngc- 


T  Amb  that    was  flain, 

a.    r.    25,   62.     See 

ChriiL 

Laiu    convinces    of  fin, 

a.    15.   condemns,   a. 

94.     and    gofpel,    b. 

120,    121,     124.   and 

gofptl  fumed  ag.tinft 

a.  128 

Levitical         prielthood 

fulfilled  in   ChriJ}  9  b. 

12 

Life  frail  and   fucceed- 

ing  eternity,  b.    55. 

pitferved,b.  6,  7,  8, 

19.  fhor-t  frail'  uiife* 


able,  a.  14,  49.  ihed 
abroad  in  the  hcait, 
a.  135.  its  banquet, 
a.  68.  c.  13.  ofChnlt 
in    words  and  deeds, 

a.  77.  of  Chriil  its- 
Jtrength,  a.  78.  nu- 
feen,a.ro8.  toChrifr^ 

b.  100.  to  God  pie** 
fant  and  powerful, b„ 
38.  and  hatred,  a. 
1 -o.  faith  and  joy, a, 
Ib8.  and  charity,  a. 
133.  of  God  111  i'ei\c\- 
iijir  his  Son, a.  100  b- 
103,104.  to  God.  aiur 
our  neighbour^!  tk 


A  Table  of  Contents.  27- 

religion    vain    with-        III.  See    Grace, 

out  it,  a.  134.   peace       Wrath,  Thanks. 

and      meeknefs,      a.  Mejftah    born,     a.     60. 

102.  of  Chrift  dying,       come,  b.  12 

c.  4.    22.  to  God  in-  Michael**  war  with  the 

conltant,    b.    20.    to       dragon,  a.   58 

the     creatures    dan-  Mj/iijters  commirrion,  a. 

gerous,     b."   48.     di-  1 28 

ltinguiihing,   a.     1 1,  Mini  ft  ry  of  angels,b.i8 

12.  b.  96,  97       of  the  gofpel,    a.  10 

M.  Mifery  and  {in  banifhed 

TVTADnefs,  folly,  and       from  heaven,  b.  86. 

diitemper    of  fin,       and  (hortnefs  of  life* 

b.    153        b.   59.    without    God 

Magistrates    honoured,       in  the    world,  &•  56. 

b.  149       of  finners.     See  Sin- 

Mvjefty  of  Got!  terrible,       ner,  Death,    HelL 

b.  22,  62  Morning    and    evening 

Malice  and  love,  a,  130       longs,   a.  79,  80,  81. 

Man  fared,  and  angels  b.    6,    7,   8. 

punifhed,    b.   96,  97.  Mortality    and     vanity 

mortal    and  vain;   a.        of  man,  a.  82 

82.  fall  and    recove-   Mortification       to       the 

ry,    107        world  by  the  fight  of 

Martyr  dim,    a.     14  b.  4        God,   b.    41.    by    the 

Martyrs     glorified,      a*        crofs    of:   Chrift,  b»   1, 

40,  41  6.  c.  7 

Mary  the  vh  gin's  long,  mhfej  and  Chrifl,  a.  49, 

a.  60        118.   Mofes  dying,  b. 

Mediator  the  w:»y  to  the        49.  Aaron  and  Jojbua, 

tl  rone  of  grace  i  .108  b.  124 

Meditation    or*    heaven,  Morning.        See      Co7n- 

0.    162.    and    retiie-       plaint,        Repentance. 

mem,  b.  122  Myjleries    revealed,     a, 

tilemcry  weak,     b.    165"  11,   12 

'tile  m  0  ri  a  I  o  f  o  u  r  a  b  it  n  t  **  n7  . 

Lord,  c.   4.    ATA'tiona I  mercies  and 
%1&Xjl&  national,    b.  i^  thanks,    b,  i,    iu. 


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«*74  A  Table  o."  Contents 

Nativity  of  Ghrifi,   a.  2,  Pardon  a   fnfSciency  of 

3i    i  :        it,   l>.  S ).   and     cou- 

Nuinre     and    grace,   a.        f  fh -u,   a.     i;r.   and 

J04   corrupt  from  A-        iVjreiigtll  from  Chrij!, 

dam>    y.     57.     b.     1-8         c.      24     bought    at    a 

Neighbour  and  God    1  >-        dear  uric*,  c.    4.  and 

ve<*»  a.    1  1 S       hiiK^ilicatioiibytaitii 

i\few  covenant  ft  :d<d,c.        a.  9.    b.  90     brought 

3.  promises,  a.  7-fong       to  otir   feiile's,     c.    n 

a.  1.   creature,    a.   -.,.  Parents    and   children, 

I  el  lament       in      the       a.  113,   114     convey 

blood  of  £/;/•//?,  c.  3.        not  grace,  a.   99 

creation,     a.  9;.     a.  Patfover,  Chrlft   is  'outs, 

130.   birth.  a.  91  b.  155 

November    5th,  a    fong  Pafion.        See       £/>r//?, 

of  praife,  b.  92        Sufferings,  Anger, 

O.  Lgp?. 

QBedience       evangeli-  Patience  under  afSicli- 

cal,  a.  104,  143        ons,  a.  $,  129.  b.  109 

Old  age,   and   death   of      of    God    producing 

the   unconverted,  a.       repentance,    b.     74, 

91  -      105 

Qfftnce  not  to  be  given,  Peace  of  conference,  b. 

a.    126        57.   and   contention, 

Offies  and  operations  of      a.  130.     See  Comfort , 

the     Holy    Spirit,  b.        Joy. 

133.  and  oGCkrifl)  a.  P  erf  eel  ions  of  God,     b. 

146,     150.      b.      132        166 — 169.      perfeve- 

O/ive-tree,  the    wild  &       ring     grace,  a.     26, 

good,  a.  114  32,   48,    51,   13? 

Ordinances.      See    WiM--  P  erf  on  of  C/>  ri/r  glorious 

y&//>,  Lord's      Supper.       and  gracious,  a.    75, 

Original  fin,  a.  57.     See  b.    47 

Adam,    Nature,  Perfccution,        courage 

P.  under  it,  a.     1 4 

*DAins,  comfort  under  Phar'tfee  and    publican, 

them,  b.    50  a.    131 

Parao'tfe    on    earth,  b.  Pilgrimage  of  the  faints, 


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uft  of  a  oocd  con-  Pr$ fence  of God  ill  w  -i  - 
fcicnce,  b.  57.  of  re-  Hi  p,  b.  45.  light  in 
ligion,b.  :o,  59.  iiii -  darknefs,  b.  $4.  in 
ivil  f  rfakeu,  b.  10,  death  a.  19  K  :r, 
II.  their  var.iry  and  49,  c.  I  4.  in  lite  arc! 
danger,  b.  for        death,  b,    117.  or.ib- 

Poverty  ef  fpirit,a.  I02k  lcn*.eof  Qhif4  b,  50. 
127       of  Civ  if t  in  worship, 

Pouter  cf  God,  a.  86.  a.  66  U.  fj,  16.  c. 
and  wifdom  in  Chrifji  15.  of  God  our  life, 
crucified,    b.    126.    c.  b.    9:,    94,    ico 

10.  and  goodnefs  of  Prefervation  of  this 
God  awful,  8.  42.  b.  world,  b.  13.  cf  our 
80         graces,      a.     51.      of 

Praife  imperfect  on  our  lives,  b.  6,  7,  S, 
earth,  b.  5.  for  daily  19 

proteclicu  and  pre-  Frith  and  humanity,  a. 
fervation,  b.  6,   J,  8.  11,  12,  127 

from  angels,  b.  27  Pried  ho  oJLe\\nc\\  t  nd- 
frora    the    creation,       iug  in    CI) rift,  h.  12. 

b.  71.  to  the  Redeem-  of  Chrift,  b.  n3 
er,  b.  5,  21,29,  *5>  Prodigy/  repenting  a. 
70.   to    the   Trinity,  12  j 

c.  26 — 41.  for  crea-  Profit  and  unprofita* 
tion  and  redemption,       bleneis,     a.    118.     b. 

b.  55  16; 

Prayer  and  praife,  a,  1.  Pro?iHfed  Meffiah   born, 

for    deliverance   an-  a.  60,  107,   134 

fwered,  a.  30  Promifcs    of  the  cove- 

Preachiugy         Baptifm,       nant,    a.   9,  ;o,  107. 

and  theLord's  fupper,       See     Scripture       and 

b.    141        truth     of  God     un- 

PredefJination.     See    E-       changeable,    a.    139. 

/eclitn.  our    fecurity,   b.  40, 

Preparation  for    death,  60,    69 

a.     27        See    Death.  Prophecies     and     types 

Prefumption     and      de-       of    Chrift,     b.     135. 

ipair,  a.    uj.b.  156,       and    infpiration,  b. 

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if  }  A  Table  of  Contents. 

Projperitj    and  acherfi-       i;o    See  EleCxion,  A- 

ty  a.  5.    vain,  b.  56,       dopiion    Sanclifca'ion. 

1 01    Religion    neglected,    b. 

PfttcfttQii  from  Jpiritu-  32,  vain  without 
al  enemies,  b.  82.  love,  fe,  I34.  Ghriftj- 
of  the  church,  a.  8,  an,  the  excellency  of 
22.  2^,    SeeChurch.        it,   b.    i  ;  1 .  revealed. 

Providence,  b.  46.  exe-  See  Gofpel,  Scripture. 
cuted  by  Chriit,  a.  Remembrance  of  Chriit, 
1.   over    afflictions  6z  r.  6 

death,      a.     8;.     its  Repenting    prodigal,  a. 
darknefsj     b.      109.  f2? 

profperous     and    af-  Repentance  from    God's 
flicttive,  a.  5        goodnefs  and     paii- 

Prtvifiens  See  Co/ pel  ence,  b.  64,  105.  &: 
Lord's  Tabic.  humiliation,   a.     87. 

Public  ordinances.  See  at  the  crofs  of  Chriit, 
Worfhip.  b.   9,  io6.&impeni- 

Publiean  and  Pharifee,         tence,'  b.    125.  gives 
a.  t;i       ;sy  to  Heaven,  a.  ior 

Puni foment  for  fin.  See  Refignation.  See  /*£- 
Hell,  a.  106,  r  18        miffion. 

R.  Refurreclion,   a.     6.     1>. 

T>ACE    Chriftian,     a.        102,  no.   See  Death, 
4$.b.  C3        Chrift,  Heaven. 

Reafon    feeble,    b.    87.  Retirement  and  medita- 

carnal    humbled,    a.        tion,  b.    T22 

11,  12  Returns  au63a:k/Iidings 

Recovery  from  ficknefs,  b.    20 

a.  55  Revelation,     of    Chriit. 

Reconcilidtion     to    GocJ       S  e  Gentile,  Gofpel. 
in  Chriit,  b,    148  Revenge    and    love,    a. 

Redemption  in  Chriit,  a.  12.0 

97,    98.    b.    68.  and  Rich   finner    dying,  a. 
protection,  h.  82.  by  24.   b.    56 

price,  c.  4.  and  pow-  Riches  their   vanity,  b. 
er,  b.  29.  See  Chriit.  56,  101 

Regeneration,    a,  95.  b.  Righteoufnefi  Sc  (trength 


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in   C/W/?,    a.  84,  8;,  tion  and  glory,  a.  3* 

?>7,   98.   of  C  '•::   va-        and     pardon      a.     o» 
uable,    a.    109.    our       through  faith,  b.   90 

robe,  a.    7,    20.    and  &?/<?/:  and  Chrif:  at    en- 

felf-rightcoufnefs,  a.  mity,  a.  107.   his  va- 

i;r.    our  own  infuf-  rious  temptations,  b. 

Hcient,  b.    154  156,  15 7,   conquered 

S.  by  fl&ri/?,  b.  89.     See 

QfSbath  delightful,  b.  Devi/. 

14.    Sacrament,    See  Scripture,  a.  £3.  fc  11 3. 

Bdfiifm,  Lord's    Sup-  of  the  gcfpel. 

/>>r.  Sc\?  under  the  dominion 

Sacrifice  of  Chrif},  b.I  42,  of  God,                 b.   73. 

&  intei ceffio-n,  b.  119  Sealing  and    witneffing 

Safety    of  the    Church,  Spirit,                 a.  144. 

a.  8,  22,  23  Secure    and     awakened 

Saixtr.         See      Church,  finner,                a.    115 

Spiritual.    God    their  Security  in  the    promif- 

avenger,  b.  uj,  and  c>            b.  40,  60,  69, 

hypocrites,    a.     136,  Seeking    after   Chrift,  a. 

r  40. their  example,  b.  67,    71 
J  40.  b.  Characteis  of  Seffrighteoufnefs,  a.  1  3  1 

them,  a.  143,  in  the  insufficient,     b.     154 

hand  of  Chrift,  a.  138.  Senfe  aililting  our  faith 

fecurity,   b.  64.      be-  b.    1 41 

loved  in  Chrift ,  a.  54.  Seifual delights  dange- 

adopted,  a.  64*.  death  ious,    b.    11,    12,   48 

and  burial,  b.    3      in  Ssrpe?:t   brafen,  a.    112 

glory, a.  40,  41.  Cor»  Shepherd  Chrift  and    his 

munion,                  c.  2  paifcures,              a.  67 

Sahaiicr.,  b.  §8.  of  the  Shortnefs,     frailty    and 

word    of  iiuners,  a.  mifery  of  life,  b.  37 

T04.     by     grace,     a.  39,   58 

nr.  in  Chrift,  a.  137  Sicbiefs   and    recoverv, 

See       Chrif},       Crcfs,  a.   55 

Grace,  Heaven,  Light,  Sight  of   God   mortifies 

Rede e?x, Right eoufnefs.  us   to    the    world,  b# 

SaitfJiftcatici'j  juftifica-  41.  of  Chrift  beatific, 
B  b 


2 78  A  Table  of  Contents. 

b.  16,  7;.  md  faith,  *"tenib>,  a.  91.  b.  2* 
a  iro.  r:o.  b.  129,  S.'cth  fpi.itutl  com. 
14;.   of  Chrijt  makes        plained  of  b    2? 

death  eafv,  c.  14  Society  in    heaven  blejf"- 

S/"K9*'sfonjr,  a. 19  c.14        ed,  h.    5; 

&*#*  and    S/e»,    b.    151  S:;;  equal  wirh  the  Fa. 
Sincerity    and    hypocri.        ther,  b.  $2.  See  drift. 
fyt  a.    r;6  Sonj  of  God  a.  64,    145 

S/«  the  caufe  of  Ckrift's       eUcl  and  new-born, 
death,  b.  8  [.and  mi-  a.   54 

fery  bamfhed  from  Sivg  of  angels,  a.  3.  of 
heaven,  a.  ro5.  b.  36  Simeon,  a.  19.  c.  14. 
original,  a.  57.  par-  of  Zechariah,*.  cc.  of 
doned  and  fubdued  iWi^fy  and  the  Lamb, 
a.  9  104.  b.  90.  in-  a. 49 *  56.  of  Hezekiab, 
dwelling,  a.  tic.  its  a.  5c.  of  Sclonon  pn- 
power,  a.  /£.  b.  86.  rap!irafed,a  66  —  7S. 
the  ruin  of  angels  of  the  virgin  Alarj, 
and  men,  b.  24.  cuf-  a.  60.  for  November 
torn    in    it,    b.     160.        £  h  b-   92 

follv,  madnefs  and  Scrrozu.  See  Repentance, 
diltemper  of  it,  b.  comfort  under  it,  h. 
15;.  conviction  of  it  50,  69.  for  the  dead 
by  the  law  a.  115.  a-        relieved,  b.    3. 

gainfl.  thp  1  iw  &  o0f  Ss?.w/£#/y,  a.  86.  See 
pel,  a.  118.  crucifi-  Grjice.  Eleclton,  Cod. 
ed,    a.     J06      deceit-  Soul  rp   rate.  See 

fftlnefi   of  it,  b.   [50        Dea.n,    Heaven,   Hill. 
Sinning  and   repenting,  Spirit  breathed  after,  a, 
b.  20        74    b    ^4.  water  and 
Sinful    pleafures    forfa-        blood,  r.9.  his  oflk  es, 
ken,  b.    10,  II        b.      133.     witnciling 

Slmrr  the  vileit   laved,        and  fealing,  a.    144. 
a.     104.     and    faints        its  fruits,  a.  102 

death,  n.  121.  invit-  Spiritual  enemies,  dc  li- 
ed to  CMffj  a.  127.  vera  rice,  a  47.  b.  6c, 
excluded  heaven,  a.  82  warfare,  b.  77. 
104,   105.   his    death       pilgrimage,  b.  5;  ^p- 


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pan-],  a.  7.  20.  *ace  fion  to  them,  a.  I2> 
a.  48.  llotli  and  dui-  Terrors  of  death  lo  the 
HH:>  b.  25,  34  j  >v,  b.  iinconvei  ted,  a.  0/£ 
7,*,  J>.  meat,  diink,  Tepament,  new,  in  the 
and  cloathing,  a.  7.  blood  of*  Chrtfl,  c.  3 
food.       See    Feaji.        Thank/giving  for   viclo- 

S/tf/£  of  nature  and  ry,  b.  in.  for  mer- 
grace,  a.    104        eies,   b.    116*.     natio- 

Stor/v.        Sc'e     Thunder,        nal,  b.  1. 

Strength  from  heaven, a.  Thro?*e   of   grace.      See 

*5>    32>   4?.     righte-        Grace. 

o  a  fuels   and    pardon   Thutsdcref,   Go  J,    b.   62 

in  CLr;f}   a.   S4,    83'.    7*1*1  redeemed,   a.    88: 

e.  24       ours,     and     eternity 

Submijpon  and   deliver-       6od's  b.  67 

ance,  a.  120.  to  af-  Tree  of  Life,  c.  8.  and 
fliclions,  a.  5.  b.  109        River  of  Love,  c.  20 

Sufferings   for  Chrift,  a.    77 fc#$!  pr ailed,  c.  26  — 

Sueafi  of  the  gofpeJ:  a.  41 

II,  1 2,  119,  b.  144  Trials  on  earth,  and 
102.      See  Chrifty  hope  of  heaven,  b.  65 

Supper  of  the  Lord  in-  Triumph  over  death,  a. 

ilitued,c.  1.  baptifm       6.  b.  no.  of  faith  in 

and  preaching, b. 1 4r        Chrifl9    a.     14.     at    a 

Support    under  trials,       fealt,  c.  21.  of  Chrift 

b,  S°9  °5       over  our  enemies,  a. 

Sympathy  of  Chrift7*.i2$  28 

T  Truft.  See  Faith. 

CT'AbU    of    the     Lord.  Truth  and    Proviifes   of 
See  Ltrdr  Cod    unchangeable,    a; 

Temptations,  hope  un-  139.  b.  60  69.  types, 
der  them,  a.  1 39.  of  b.  12.  and  prophe«- 
the  w«  rid,  b.  101.  cies  of  Chrifl,  0*135 
of  tire  devil,  b.    65,  V. 

*5o>  1 57-  and  defer-  T/'Ain  profperity,  K 
lion  complained    of,  56,   10 r 

b.  163   Va/uj  of  ChriQ  and  his 

T\:mpted,Chrifi's  compa-       righteoufnefs,  a.  109 
B  b  2 


280  A  Tabic  of  Contents. 

V unity  and  mortaliry  of  Weaknefs  our  own  and 
man,  a.  82.  of  youth,  Chriji  our  flrength, 
a. 89   90. of the  crea-  a.   15 

tures,  b.  146  Wifdom    and    power  of 

Yittory,  a  thanksgiving  Cod  in  Chrift  crucifi- 
for  it,  b.  3.  over  ed,  c.  10.  carnal 
death,  a.  17.  fin  and  humbled,  a.  11,  12 
forrow,  a.  14.  Witnef[i?ig    and    iealing 

of  Chrift,  over  fatan,       fpirir,  a.  144 

a.    58.    b.  89.  Sec£-  Word  of  Cod,  a.  53 

nemies.  preached,  a.  iq,   uq 

Virtues  Chriftian,b.i6i.  See  Gofpel,  Scripture. 
See  Holinefs,  L$veP  World  crucifixion  to  it 
Saint,  Spiritual.  by  the  crofs,c.  7.  the 

Unbelief  and  Faith  a.  temptations  of  it,  b, 
100.  b.  125.  punifh-  107.  its  end,  b.  164. 
ed,  a.   118       mortification  to  it  by 

\J71charitablenefs  and  the  fight  of  God,h.^\ 
charity.  a.   126       its  cieation,    b.  .147. 

Unconverted  Hate.  b.  prefcrvation,  b.  13. 
159.  deatli  terrible  Worjhipofhearen  hum* 
to  them,  a.  91.       ble,  b.  68.  profitable 

Unjruitfulnefs,     b.     165        b.  123.  condefcended 

Unfantiifed      afleclions       to  by  God, b. $$.Chrift 
b.    165        prefent  at  it, a.  66. b. 

Unfeen  things,  faith  in        1  5,16, c.  15. accepted 

them,  a.    120        thro*  Chrift, b+  26,37. 

\V\  formality  in  it, a.  1-6 

TTfAndering  affections,        delightful, b.  14- 

5»  b.  20  IV t nth    and     mercy     of 

Thoughts  in  worfhip,   a.       God, a,  42.  b.8o.   See 

Waff  are  ChriitLm,  b.77       Cod,  Hell. 

Water,    the  fpirir,    and  Y. 

the  blood,  c.  9  Y*Qs¥E'  of  Qhril}  ea0>a- 

Weak  faints  encouraged  127 

by  Chrift,  a.    125.    by  Youth,  its  vanities^.So,. 
the  Cluuch,  i\i    126  90,  advii:u\       a.   Ql 


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Z.  the  want  of  it,  b.25" 

^Eckariah's  fong,   and  againft  (ln,l  •  106.  for 

y^»\f  uje{Tage,a.5C«  God,                     b.  116 

'Leal   in    the    Christian  7Lions    glory    and    de- 

race,a.  48L.b.i2o.aud  fence,     b.     64,       Se© 

love,  a.  14.    for    the  Church. 

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